PRO/PL> Bacterial leaf streak, maize – Brazil: 1st rep (PR)

Other Plant Disease — Brazil
Bacterial leaf streak of corn, caused by _Xanthomonas vasicola_ pv. _vasculorum_, was recently reported in the US [ProMED-mail post http://promedmail.org/post/20160906.4467551] and Argentina [and] has reached epidemic levels in some US states. In April 2018, diseased corn in the state of Parana [Brazil] [showed] leaves with translucent yellow to brown interveinal lines with irregular margins. Older symptoms on highly susceptible corn hybrids were coalescing long lesions of dark color, reaching