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PRO/PL> Bacterial leaf streak, maize – USA: reservoir hosts

Other Plant Disease -- United StatesOver a year and a half [ago] bacterial leaf streak was first discovered in the U.S. in Nebraska cornfields [ProMED-mail post http://promedmail.org/post/20160906.4467551]. It's [since] been confirmed in 8 other states.UNL [University of Nebraska-Lincoln] studies over the 2016 and 2017 seasons identified new hosts for the disease. Oats and rice both showed symptoms [in a] greenhouse environment, also [several grass species]. These species were tested in a field near Read more [...]