Other Plant Disease — Worldwide/Unknown
During the 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 growing seasons, symptoms of bacterial leaf blight were observed in maize (_Zea mays_) crops in the province of Cordoba, Argentina. In this province, the disease incidence reached around 54 per cent. Leaf samples were collected from 10 symptomatic maize plants, grown in 15 fields covering a representative geographical area. Molecular (PCR) and pathogenicity tests confirmed the presence of _Pantoea stewartii_ (EPPO A2 List) in diseased maize plants.
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