Host symptoms and fungal morphology
A sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) field survey was conducted
in 2005–2007 at Gandhi Krishi Vignana Kendra (GKVK
Agricultural Research Station), Bangalore, India and
Doddaballapura (Agricultural Research Station), India. In
GKVK 30% of the hypocotyl seedlings exhibited ‘Soreshine’
symptoms (Fig. 1) and these seedlings collapsed, resulting in poor
plant stand