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usually appears as a V-shaped, tan to medium -brown area on the first true leaflets 

 that are formed. The wide part of the "V" is at the leaf margin, and the infection 

 is limited by the veins. Diseased leaves appear to be "scalded." Many farmers are 

 naturally concerned. The dead area soon turns papery in texture and will drop away, 

 leaving a ragged hole. We are sure some hail adjusters will get calls later. The 

 disease only affects the first, or possibly the second, set of leaflets; it will cause 

 no reduction in yield. In another week or two, Phyllosticta will be hard to find. 



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This weekly report was prepared as follows: 



INSECTS: H.B. Petty, Steve Moore, Roscoe Randell , Don Kuhlman, and Tim Cooley , Col- 

 lege of Agriculture , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , and the Illinois 

 Natural History Survey. 



WEEDS: Ellery Knake , Department of Agronomy . 



PLANT DISEASES: M.C. Shurtleff and Ed Burns, Department of Plant Pathology. 



AG COMMUNICATIONS: Ray Woodis . 



The information for this report was gathered by these people, staff members, county 

 Extension advisers, and others, in cooperation with the USDA Agricultural Research 

 Service, Plant Pest Control Branch. 



