Description
As tillage in Kansas has been reduced, sooty stripe has become the most important foliar disease of sorghum. The typical lesion is oval to elliptical in shape, and has a tan or gray center surrounded by a bright orangish-yellow to yellow halo. On the underside of older lesions, a mass of black or "soot-like" spores can be found.
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Scientific Name
Ramulispora sorghi
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Sorghum Production Problems
Production period
Preharvest
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