Status of banded leaf and sheath blight of maize in western Uttar Pradesh

The banded leaf and sheath blight of maize is prevalent wherever maize crop is grown in all the districts Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Shamli Karnal road, Hapur, Bulandshahr of western Uttar Pradesh. Most of the farmers did not follow the proper crop rotation in general they grow maize crop after potato. The disease generally occurs wherever the maize crop was planted after potato because the sclerotia and infected plant debris as leftover present in soil as a primary source of inoculum.