NCLB the disease was found in sugarcane which was grown close to corn field.
This difference might be due to the specificity of the Indian strain of E.
turcicum to sugarcane. In addition, Shurleff (1980) stated that the pathogen that
infected Johnson grass which was isolated from sorghum and Sudan grass had
lost the ability to infect corn plants. Kucharek and Raid (2000) reported that E.
turcicum - sorghum and E. turcicum - Sudan grass strains had lost lose the
capability to infect corn plants. Nevertheless, E. turcicum- corn strains showed
low pathogenicity in Sudan grass.