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PEARLMILLED :: MINOR DISEASE :: GRAIN MOULD

 


 

Grain mould - Fungal complex

Grains covered with white, pink or black moulds

Blast - Pyricularia setariae
Diamond shaped to circular lesions with dark brown margins and chlorotic haloes.

Zonate leaf spot - Gloeocercospora sp.
Rough circular lesions with alternating concentric bands of straw and brown colour, often coalescing over the leaf surface.

Banded leaf spot - Rhizoctonia spp.
Patch of light and dark, discoloured areas and often bearing fluffy to light brown fungal mats.