“…Disease development during the early growth stages results in the premature death of leaves. Hence the loss of photosynthetic area affects grain yield as well as fodder quality; this is of particular significance under temperate climatic conditions since fodder is fed to cattle during the lean season [8,9]. Different races of S. turcica have been identified throughout the world such as the races 0, 1, 2, 3, 12, 13 23, N, 1N, 2N, 3N, 13N, 23N and 123N based on their virulence against various resistant genes (Ht1, Ht2, Ht3, HtM, Htn1, ht4, HtP, HtNB) in maize [10,11].…”