Bacterial Leaf Blight

Bacterial leaf blight is often first noticed in fields as brown areas about 3 to 4 feet in diameter. Leaf symptoms appear as irregular brown water-soaked spots surrounded by ayellow halo, often beginning on the leaf margins.Spots grow together and result in leaf death and dark brown streaks develop on leaf petioles. Floral parts may also be blighted. A sticky amber-colored bacterialexudate, which is a diagnostic sign of the disease, may be present on leaves or observed flowing downward on petiol