*2.3.5 Other pathogens of maize*

Some other economically important pathogens that infest maize and their corresponding diseases are listed as follows: *Pythium* spp., *Rhizoctonia* spp., and *Acremonium* spp. (Root and Stalk rot), *Puccinia sorghi* and *P. polysora* (Leaf rusts), *Helminthosporium turcicum* or *Setosphaeria turcica* (Leaf blights), *H. maydis* (Maydis leaf blight), *Cercospora zaeamaydis* (Gray leaf spot (GLS)) [54]. *Sclerophthora macrospora* (Downy mildew/Yellow tuft), *Sphacelotheca* reiliana (Head smut of maize), *S. macrospora* (Downy mildew/ Yellow tuft), *Trichometasphaeria turcica* Luttr. (Northern Leaf Blight), *Ustilago maydis* (Corn smut)*, P. coronata* (Crown crust), Maize streak virus (Maize streak disease), Sugarcane Mosaic Virus (SCMV) is another viral pathogen and causal agent of mosaic disease in maize and other graminaceous plants [55].
