M. Ashraf Ahangar1, Shabir Hussain Wani1,*, Zahoor A. Dar2, Jan Roohi1, Fayaz Mohiddin1, Monika Bansal3, Mukesh Choudhary4, Sumit K. Aggarwal4, S. A. Waza1, Khursheed Ahmad Dar5, Ayman El Sabagh6,7, Celaleddin Barutcular8, Omer Konuşkan9, Mohammad Anwar Hossain10,*
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.91, No.10, pp. 2111-2133, 2022, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2022.020721
Abstract Maize is cultivated extensively throughout the world and has the highest production among cereals. However,
Northern corn leaf blight (NCLB) disease caused by Exherohilum turcicum, is the most devastating limiting factor
of maize production. The disease causes immense losses to corn yield if it develops prior or during the tasseling
and silking stages of crop development. It has a worldwide distribution and its development is favoured by cool to
moderate temperatures with high relative humidity. The prevalence of the disease has increased in recent years
and new races of the pathogen have been reported worldwide. The fungus E. turcicum is… More >
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