SANJEEV KUMAR1 and HARVINDER KUMAR SINGH2 1Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P. -221005, INDIA2Division of Plant Pathology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, INDIA Email: sk71119@gmail.com, harry.0452@gmail.com
Host: Sesamum indicum L. Disease name: Sesamum phyllodyPathogen name: Phytoplasma
Sesamum phyllody is an economically important disease affecting sesamum (an oilseed crop). The affected plants are stunted and the floral parts modified to leafy structures bearing no fruits and seeds. The other disease symptoms are floral virescence, proliferation, seed capsule cracking, formation of dark exudates on foliage and floral parts, and yellowing. Sesame phyllody is transmitted by a leafhopper (Orosius albicinctus).
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