Halo Blight Symptoms on Oats

Halo Blight (bacterium - Pseudomonas coronafaciens): Lesions or spots appear on leaf blades as oval to oblong water-soaked spots that are buff to light brown in color. A light-yellow zone forms a halo around the brown lesion. The bacterium enters the leaf tissue through stomata or an insect puncture. Suggested controls are seed treatment, crop residue management and rotation.


September, 1996

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