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The disease symptoms initiated by endophytic fungi in infected corn plants.
| Disease Symptoms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Endophyte | Roots | Stems | Leaves |
| F. verticillioides | Reduced root formation | Reduced stem elongation, stem narrowing, and stem rot |
Leaf chlorosis and necrosis |
| F. sacchari | Reduced root formation | Stem narrowing, excessive stem elongation, and stem malformation |
- |
| P. citrinum | Reduced root formation | Stem narrowing | Leaf chlorosis and necrosis |
- = Fungi not recovered from plant part.
