Abstract
Turcicum leaf blight disease of maize is the major biotic factor limiting maize production under temperate agro-climatic conditions of Kashmir. Deployment of disease resistant cultivars is the most effective, ecofriendly and cost-efficient disease management option under these conditions where chemical control of maize diseases is not adopted. In the present study, temperate maize germplasm was evaluated against Exherohilum turcicum causing turcicum leaf blight of maize. Among the evaluated maize genotypes some early maturing cold tolerant inbred lines registered high level of resistance (HR) with disease score 1 in 1 to 9 evaluation scale which can be used profitably in resistance breeding programme for the development of high yielding maize varieties resistant to turcicum leaf blight.
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