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Mycosphaerella zeae-maydis (yellow leaf blight )
Mycosphaerella zeae-maydis
yellow leaf blight
Didymella maydis, Phoma zeae-maydis, Phyllosticta maydis, Phyllosticta zeae, Peyronellaea zeae-maydis, Didymella zeae-maydis
Africa: Kenya, South Africa; Europe: France; North America: Canada, USA; South America:, Bolivia, Ecuador
WI
2025-09-29
fungus
Brazil
Main: corn, sweet corn
MYCOZM
Mycosphaerella zeae-maydis causes yellow leaf blight in corn. It primarily survives on infected crop debris, spreading via wind- and rain-dispersed spores.
1 Known Hosts
Zea mays
corn
No
MYCOZM-2, MYCOZM-3, CABI CPC, MYCOZM-4, MYCOZM-5, MYCOZM-6, MYCOZM-7
Seed is not known to be a pathway. This pathogen was shown to attack corn lines with Texas male sterility and is of relative minor consequences to species without this trait.
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MYCOZM-2
Farr, D.F. and Rossman, A.Y. Fungal Databases, Systematic Mycology and Microbiology Laboratory, ARS, USDA. 2017, http://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases/
MYCOZM-3
Arny, Worf, Ahrens and Lindsey, 1970. Yellow Leaf Blight in Wisconsin; It's History and the Reactions of Inbreds and Crosses to the Inciting Fungus (Phyllosticta sp.) Plant Disease Reporter 54;281-285
CABI CPC
Crop Protection Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. www.cabi.org/cpc.
MYCOZM-4
McGee, DC. 1988. Maize Diseases: A reference Source for Seed Technologists. APS Press, St. Paul, MN USA. 150 pp.
MYCOZM-5
Mukunya, D. M., & Boothroyd, C. W. (1973). Mycosphaerella zeae-maydis sp. n., the sexual stage of Phyllosticta maydis. Phytopathology, 63(4), 529-32.
MYCOZM-6
Jiménez-Díaz, R. M., & Boothroyd, C. W. (1979). Role of ascospores of Mycosphaerella zeae-maydis in the epidemics of yellow leaf blight of maize. Phytopathologia Mediterranea, 3-9.
MYCOZM-7
Castor, L. L., Ayers, J. E., & Nelson, R. R. (1977). Controlled-environment studies of epidemiology of yellow leaf-blight of corn. Phytopathology, 67, 85-90.
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