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Black chaff (Bacterial leaf streak) | Wheatgrass

HOST:Wheatgrass
HOST (LATIN):Elytrigia intermedia
PATHOGEN:Xanthomonas translucens pv. cerealis
SOURCE:S. Mohan

Lesions on leaves first appear as water-soaked, translucent, long, narrow streaks. They later turn brown and necrotic and often coalesce into blighted areas.