Photos of various aspects of the rice Cercospora disease complex caused by the fungus Cochliobolus miyabeanus, including fungal signs and symptoms on the plant.
Cercospora 1: Micrograph of spores produced on a rice leaf.
Cercospora 2: Cercospora janseana sporulation on a rice stem.
Cercospora 3: Rice leaves showing light signs of infection with narrow brown leaf spot.
Cercospora 4: Rice leaves showing moderate signs of infection with narrow brown leaf spot
Cercospora 5: Rice leaves showing severe signs of infection with narrow brown leaf spot
Cercospora 6: Rice leaves showing severe signs of infection with narrow brown leaf spot
Cercospora 7: Rice leaf showing Cercospora infection on midrib.
Cercospora 8: Rice flag leaf sheath infection showing Cercospora sheath rot.
Cercospora 9: Rice leaf sheath infection showing severe Cercospora sheath rot.
Cercospora 10: Rice leaf sheath infection showing moderate Cercospora sheath rot.
Cercospora 11: Rice leaf sheath infection showing moderate Cercospora sheath rot.
Cercospora 12: Rice leaf sheath showing discolored veins; a typical symptom of Cercospora net blotch.
Cercospora 13: Rice leaf sheath showing discolored veins; a typical symptom of Cercospora net blotch.
Cercospora 14: Rice head showing internodal stem infection by Cercospora.
ercospora 15: Rice head showing internodal stem infection by Cercospora.
Cercospora 16: Rice panicle showing symptoms of panicle branches infected by Cercospora.
Cercospora 17: Field view of severe infection by Cercospora on a very susceptible variety (right) compared with less damage on a moderately resistant variety (left).
Cercospora 18: Field view of severe infection by Cercospora on an unsprayed plot (left) compared with less damage on a Propiconazole-sprayed plot of the same variety (right).
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