Major Diseases of Horticultural Crops and this Management

Dr.G. Thiribhuvanamala, Dr.S.Nakkeeran and

Dr. K.Eraivan Arutkani Aiyanathan
Department of Plant Pathology
Centre for Plant Protection Studies
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
Coimbatore – 641 003
Introduction:
The Horticulture (fruits including nuts, vegetables including
potato, tuber crops, mushroom, ornamental plants including cut flowers,
spices, plantation crops and medicinal and aromatic plants) has become a
key drivers for economic development in many of the states in the
country and it contributes 30.4 per cent to GDP of agriculture, which
calls for knowledge and technical backstopping. Intensive cultivation of
the high valued horticultural crops, resulted in the outbreak of several
diseases of National importance. In recent days, stakeholders import
planting materials from North American Countries. Introduction of
planting materials also impose threat in the introduction of new diseases
not known to be present earlier. However, the diseases, if not managed on
a war foot, it will result in drrastic yield reduction and quality of the
produces. Hence adoption of suitable management measures with low
residue levels in the final produces becomes as a need of the hour. In this
regard, this paper gives emphasis on the diagnosis of plant diseases and
their management.

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Diseases of Mango and their management
1. Anthracnose :Colletotrichum gloeosporioides
Anthracnose symptoms occur on leaves, twigs, petioles, flower
clusters (panicles), and fruits. The incidence of this disease can reach almost
100% in fruit produced under wet or very humid conditions. On leaves,
lesions start as small, angular, brown to black spots and later enlarge to
form extensive dead areas. Panicles develop small black or dark-brown spots,
which can enlarge, coalesce, and kill the flowers .Petioles, twigs, and stems
are also susceptible and develop the typical black, expanding lesions. On the
lesions and dead portions, minute pink cushion shaped fructifications called
acervuli are seen under moist conditions. Fruits may also drop from trees
prematurely due to rotting. On immature fruits infections penetrate the
cuticle, but remain quiescent until ripening of the fruits begins. Green
fruit infections that take place at mature stage remain latent and invisible
until ripening and carry the fungus into storage.
Favorable conditions : Under favourable climatic conditions of high
humidity, frequent rains and a temperature of 24 - 32° C coinciding with
flowering favours anthracnose infections in the field. The pathogen
survives between seasons on infected and defoliated branch terminals and
mature leaves. Field infection in developing fruit leads to Quisecent
infection/Latent infection. Later once the ripening starts, lesions begin to
develop under post harvest conditions which affects fruit quality and
leads to enormous loss.
Management
Proper sanitation of orchard by periodical removal of fallen plant debris
and pruning of trees eradicates the fungus and checks further spread of
the disease.
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 Maintaining tree vigour with proper irrigation and fertilization.
Fungicide sprays should begin when panicles first appear and continue at
the recommended intervals until fruits are picked.
Spraying the trees twice with Carbendazim (0.1%) or Mancozeb (0.2
%) or combination of Carbendazim 12 % + Mancozeb 63 % @ 0.1 %
at 15 days interval during flowering to control blossom infection and
twice during pea nut stage to prevent fruit infection.
Alternate sprayings of Carbendazim and Mancozeb to avoid
development of resistance in pathogen to fungicides .
Spraying five times with Pseudomonas fluorescens FP 7
(0.5%) from flowering until harvest at 3 weeks interval reduces
anthracnose incidence and improves fruit quality.
For post harvest anthrcanose, fruits are dipped in hot water at 50 C for
30 min. in combination with 0.05 % carbendazim.

2. Die back / Fruit Stem end rot : Lasiodiplodia theobromae

The disease is characterized by drying of twigs and branches
followed by complete defoliation, which gives the tree an appearance of
scorching by fire. Tip die back disease occurs on the branches,trunk of
infested trees that start drying slowly at first and suddenly branches
become completely dried /killed resulting gummy substance oozes out or
remains hanging on the tree .The dark area advances and young green
twigs start withering first at the base and then the twig or branch dies,
shrivels and falls called die back. This may be accompanied by
exudation of gum. In old branches, brown streaking of vascular tissue is
seen on splitting it longitudinally.

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Stem end rot appears as rotting from pedicel end of fruit during riening
until pathogen remains latent forming appressoria that remains quiescent
in the subcuticular layer in green fruits(Quisecent infection/Latent
infection.).

Favorable conditions : High summer temperatures predispose the

plant to attack by the pathogen. Relative humidity of 80% with
temperature of 25.9 to 31.5 ᵒC favor disease development. Survives in
dead/ diseased twigs, bark of the trees and fallen fruits.

Management
Pruning of infected plant parts from 7- 10 cm below the infection site
and pasting the cut ends with Bordeaux paste .
Spraying the trees twice at 15 days interval with Carbendazim (0.1%)
or combination of Carbendazim 12 % + Mancozeb 63 % @ 0.1 %
during pea nut stage to prevent fruit infection.
Fruits should be harvested with stalk (5 cm), otherwise, the opening
must be sealed with wax.

3. Powdery mildew : Oidium mangiferae

The disease affects inflorescence, leaves and young fruits
Symptoms : Appearance of a whitish, powdery growth of the fungus on
leaves, panicles and young fruit which later turns brown and fall. The
white growth can also be seen on the undersurface of young infected
leaves which becomes distorted. Severe infection of young leaves results
in premature leaf drop. On mature leaves, the spots turn purplish brown,
as the white fungal mass eventually disappears. On developing
inflorescence powdery growth leads to drying of flowers . Young fruits at
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peanut stage are covered with mildew that leads to corky tissue and
drops.
Favorable conditions :Spread of the disease occurs when rains or mists
accompanied by cooler nights during flowering especially when the
weather is cool and dry .Minimum temperature of 13- 15 ᵒC , .maximum
temperature of 23-25ᵒC with moderate relative humidity (64-72%)
favours disease development.Pathogen survives in affected plant debris
and under favourable
conditions ,air borne conidia is dessiminated by wind and attacks new
flushes.
Management
Pruning of diseased leaves and panicles.
hree sprays of fungicides at different stages starting with Wettable
Sulphur (0.2%) at the time of panicle initiation followed by Dinocap
(0.1%) subsequently followed Tridemorph (0.1%) at 15-20 days
interval.
Sparying with mycobutanil @0.1% or Triademefon @0.1% or
carbendazim @0.1% or Thiopahante methyl 0.1% found effective
against disease

4.Grey leaf Blight : Pestalotia mangiferae

Symptoms
Brown spots develop on the margin and at the tip of the leaf lamina
which coalesce covering the leaf margin and becomes dark brown. Black
dots appear on the spots which are acervuli of the fungus. If infection
starts from tip, it advances on either side of mid rib and within 3-4
months severe defoliation results.

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Favorable conditions :Heavy infection is noticed during the monsoon
when the temperature is 20-25o C and high humidity Conidia survive
on mango leaves for over a year. Spreads through wind borne conidia
and rain splashes. Wound leads to more disease.;
Management
Removal of infected plant parts. Spraying one time with Copper
oxychloride @ 0.25 % or Mancozeb @ 0.25% or Bordeaux mixture @
1.0% at the visual appearance of disease.

5 . Sooty Mould (Capnodium mangiferae C.ramosum)

The disease is common in the orchards where mealy bug, scale
insects and hoppers are not controlled efficiently. Honey dew secretion
by insects make the fungi produce mycelium which is superficial and
dark and forms black encrustation on leaves.In severe cases, the trees turn
completely black due to the presence of mould over the entire surface of
twigs and leaves. The severity of infection depends on the honey dew
secretion of the above insects. Presence of a black sooty mould on the
leaf surface adversely affects the photosynthetic activity of the leaf and
thereby fruit set is reduced.
Favorable conditions : Reduced ventilation favors sooty growth on
leaves . High humidity spreads the disease within orchard. Honey dew
secretions from insects stick to the leaf surface and provide necessary
medium for fungal growth. Conidia spread by rain splashes. During
rain sooty growth is washed away.
Management
Pruning of affected branches and their prompt destruction .Spraying
systemic insecticides like to control insects.Spraying of 5 per cent starch

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(1kg Starch/Maida in 5 litres of water. Boiled and dilute to 20 liters)
helps to control the disease as dried starch flakes removes the fungus.

6.Mango malformation: Fusarium moniliforme var. subglutinans

Symptoms
Three types of symptoms: bunchy top phase, floral malformation
and vegetative malformation.In bunchy top phase in nursery at 40-5
months old.bunching of thickened small shoots, bearing small
rudimentally leaves. Shoots remain short and stunted giving a bunchy top
appearance.In vegetative malformation induces excessive vegetative
branches of limited growth in seedlings. They are swollen with short
internodes forming bunches of various size and the top of the seedlings
shows bunchy top appearance.In malformation of inflorescens, shows
variation in the panicle. Reduction in lenghth of primary axis and
secondary branches of panicle makes the flowers to appear in
clusters..Secondary branches are transformed into number of small leaves
giving a witches broome appearance. Malformed head dries up in black
mass and persist for long time. Such panicles dot not bear..The infection
is localized.
Favorable conditions :Diseased propagated material spreads disease.
The fungus does not sporulate insitu but sporulates on dried malformed
panicles. The disease is severe in north west region at temperatures
between 10-15 ᵒC during December to January before flowering.
Disease is mild in areas with 15-20 ᵒC , sporadic bwteen 20-25 ᵒC .
Occurrence of malformation differs based on age of planrts. Plants at 4-
8 years are susceptible. In some cases mites have been reported to be
carrying the fungus and cause spread.

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Management.
Diseased plants should be destroyed
Use of disease free planting material
Incidence reduced by spraying 100-200ppm NAA during October.
Pruning of diseased parts along the basal 15-20 cm apparently healthy
portions followed by the spraying of Carbendazim (0.1%) or Captafol
(0.2%).
8. Bacterial leaf black spot / canker (Xanthomonas campestris pv.
mangiferae-indicae)
Symptoms
This disease that affects all the above ground parts of plant, i. e.,
leaves, petioles, twigs, branches and fruits . The disease causes fruit drop
(10-70%), yield loss (10-85%) and storage rot (5-100%). Many commercial
cultivars of mango are susceptible to this disease. Bacterial leaf spot is
noticed on the leaves as angular water soaked spots that become necrotic
and dark brown and viscous bacterial exudates deposit on these necrotic
portions that become corky and hard after drying. Sometimes, longitudinal
cracks also develop on the petioles. Cankerous lesions appear on petioles,
twigs and young fruits. The water soaked lesions also develop on fruits
which later turn dark brown to black. They often burst open, releasing a
highly contagious gummy ooze containing bacterial cells. The fresh lesions
on branches and twigs are water soaked which later become raised and dark
brown in colour with longitudinal cracks but without any ooze
Favorable conditions :The bacteria enters through natural openings such
as stomata, wax and oil glands, leaf and fruit abrasions, leaf scars, and at
the apex of branches in the panicle. Periods of high humidity, surface
wetness and wind accompanied with rain cause most rapid and maximum
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dissemination of bacteria.Survives in infected plant parts and spread
through rain splashes and wind. Disease is rapid during rainy days.
Management :Field sanitation and removal of affected plant parts.
Three sprays of Streptocycline (200ppm) or Agrimycin-100 (100 ppm)
after first visual symptom at 10 days intervals. Monthly sprayings of
Copper oxychloride (0.3%) checks the further spread. Removal of
diseased fruits under storage.Dipping fruits in 200 ppm Agrimycin is
effective.

9. Red Rust (Cepbaleuros virescens)

The disease is caused by an algae that causes reduction in
photosynthetic activity.Initially the spots are greenish grey and velvety in
texture which
finally turn to rusty spots on leaves and twigs. Post sare initially circular,
elevated and later coalese. Numerous filaments which may be sterile or
fertile project outwards through cuticle. In severe cases, defoliation of
leaves there by lowering vitality of the host plant. reddish brown. After
shedding the spore the algal matrix remains attached to leaf surface,
leaving a creamy white mark at the original rust spot.
Favorable conditions :Disease is common in closed plantations. High
humidity favours development of fruiting bodies.
Management :Supply of balanced nutrients to the plants and two sprays
of Bordeaux mixture (1%) or Copper oxychloride (0.3%) in the month of
July at 15 days interval.Algal growth on leaves

Integrated Disease Management Strategies

Proper sanitation of orchards by removal of fallen plant debris and
pruning of trees during the months of July –August eradicates the
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 fungus and checks the spread of diseases.
Application of Bordeaux paste on the cut ends of branches prevents
entry of pathogens.
During flowering, spray the trees twice with Carbendazim (0.1%) at 15
days interval to control blossom infection and twice during pea nut
stage to prevent fruit infection by anthracnose and stem end rot.
Alternate sprayings of Carbendazim and Mancozeb to avoid
development of resistance in pathogen to fungicides. SAAF
(Carbendazim 12 % + Mancozeb 63 %) @ 0.1 % can be recommended
as an alternate for better control . Three sprays with Wettable
sulphur (0.2 %) at 15 days interval starting from panicle initiation to
prevent powdery mildew ( sprays can be
reduced depending on disease incidence )
From fruit set until 15 days before harvest, alternate Carbendazim
(0.1%) with a copper oxy chloride (0.3 %) every 14–28 days which
takes care of fruit infections by anthracnose, stem end rot and bacteria.
Spraying five times with Pseudomonas fluorescens FP 7 (0.5%) from
flowering until harvest at 3 weeks interval reduces anthracnose
incidence and improves fruit quality.
Spraying of 5 per cent starch solution to remove sooty mould growth.
Avoid injuries /damage on the fruits during picking and transit.
Post harvest infection due to fungal pathogens are controlled by
dipping the fruit in hot water (52 ± 10°C) or hot water in combination
with Carbendazim (0.05%) for 5 minutes

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Diseases of Banana and their Management

1.Fusarium wilt: Fusarium oxysporum Fsp. cubense

Symptoms: Symptoms are characterized by yellowing of leaves from
margins inwards towards mid rib. Petiole buckling takes place; as a result
leaves hang around the pseudostem forming yellow skirt like pattern. The
emerging heart leaf dies and only few erect leaves are seen on diseased
plant. As the disease progresses, the younger leaves collapse until the
entire canopy consists of dead or dying leaves. Longitudinal splitting of
pseudostem is seen in advanced stages. The infected rhizomes when cut
shows pinkish discoloration of vascular strands in pseudostem and brown
discoloration of corm. The cut end of corm smells like rotten fish.
Susceptible varieties are Rasthali, Karpooravalli, Neypoovan , Monthan
Favorable conditions Primary inoculums is from infected suckers and
pathogens in soil in the form of chlamydospores. Movement of infected
plnating material, contaminated trash helps in long distance dispersal.
Within field, irrigation water and farm implements are the major cause
for spread of disease. Fungus gains entry through roots. Nematodes
predispose the disease.

Management
Considering the long-term survival of F. oxysporum f. sp. cubense in
soil, proper field sanitation, use of disease free planting material/
tissue culture plants can reduce disease incidence
Severely affected plants should be uprooted and burnt. Highly infected
soil should not be replanted with banana at least for 3-4 years
An integrated approach for management of Fusarium wilt has to be
followed by use of pathogen free suckers, paiRing of suckers
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 (Sucker treatment with Carbofuran granules@ 40 g / sucker before
planting), Sucker dipping with 0.2 % carbendazim for 45 minutes at
the time of planting , corm injection with 2% Carbendazim
(3ml/plant) or capsule application with Carbendazim (50mg
/capsule)/ at 3rd, 5th and 7th month after planting will offer
protection to the wilt susceptible cultivars .
Application of Trichoderma viride or Pseudomonas fluorescens @
50g/ plant at the time of planting and at 4th , 6th and 8th month
reduces the disease incidence

2. Sigatoka leaf spot: Mycosphorella musicola

Symptoms: Symptoms are characterized by oval to round necrotic lesions
which first appear as pale yellow on lower surface of leaf. Correspondingly on
the upper leaf surface, pale yellow specks appear which later on extends to
form yellow oblong spots with or without yellow halo. When the disease
progresses these spots further increase in size, join with each other
forming large dead necrotic
areas on the leaf preventing photosynthetic functioning of the leaf.
Destruction of mature and functional leaves in large number at the time
of shooting leads to failure of bunches to fill out and ripen. Fruit set will
be poor with reduced size, uneven ripening and angular shape having
discoloured flesh. Sometimes premature ripening of banana bunches
takes place in field itself.
Favorable conditions : The disease is influenced by in intermittent
rainfall, high relative humidity and low temperature (23- 25 ᵒC). Closer
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Management
Proper, wider spacing must be practised.
Severely infected plants and leaf blades should be removed and
destroyed periodically.
The orchard must be clean and free from weeds and grasses to avoid
humidity build up.
In the wet season, application of a protectant fungicide like Mancozeb
@0.2% or chlorothalonil @0.1% every three to four weeks is
recommended. During periods of high disease threat or extended
wet weather, propiconazole, a systemic fungicide, can be
substituted for Mancozeb.
Foliar spray any one of the following fungicides commencing from
October-November or mat months coinciding with rainfall at monthly
interval. Carbendazim 1 g / lit., Benomyl 1 g / lit., Mancozeb 2 g /
lit., Copper oxychloride 2.5 g / lit., Ziram 2 ml / lit, Chlorothalonil 2 g / lit.
Alternation of fungicides prevents fungicidal resistance. spray
Propiconazole 1 ml/lit or 0.5 ml/lit along with petroleum based mineral
oil 10ml / lit or Pseudomonas flourescens (0.5%),

3. Rhizome rot or soft rot or Tip over disease: Erwinia caratovora sub
sp. caratovora
Symptoms:
Rhizome Rot, also known as Soft Rot or Tip Over Disease is commonly
observed during the first 3–4 months after planting under high
temperature conditions, especially during late summer and rainy
season.The heart leaves become shrivelled, brown and dried and the
adjacent leaves are reduced in size. Rotting of pseudostem base and

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upper portion of corm accompanied with foul smell. Severely affected
plants show breaking of pseudostem at base leaving infected and rotted
corm in soil. Slimy fluid of bacteria oozes out from the cut portions of
corm and pseudostem .Young plants of 1-3 months are more susceptible
during summer months.

Favorable conditions : The bacteria survives in soil and infected plant

residues and they enter the plant through wounds and spread across fields
through water and infected planting material.
Management
Management of Erwinia rot begins with the selection of suckers from
diseases free field.
Sucker dip in Copper oxy chloride (Blitox @ 5.0 g/l) + 300ppm
streptomycin sulphate for 30 min or carbofuran @ 40 g/plant +
Copper oxy chloride drenching.or dipping of suckers in 5000 ppm
of Copper oxy chloride for 30 min., reduced rhizome rot in
banana
Intercropping with sunhemp in the interspaces till 4 MAP can further
reduce disease by lowering the soil temperature and can add
nitrogen source to soil.
Under field conditions, soil drenching streptomycin sulphate (500
ppm) ,Streptocycline 500 ppm and Copper oxy chloride 2000 ppm
reduce the rhizome rot disease incidence.
Also dipping the suckers in Copper oxy chloride (40 g/10lit)
Streptocycline ( 3g/ 10 lit.) for 30 min. before planting
Application of bleaching powder @6 g /plant followed by immediate
irrigation at the onset of disease.
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4. Moko wilt: Ralstonia solanacearum
Symptoms: Initial symptoms are characterized by yellowing of the inner
lamina close to the petiole which is followed by wilting of inner leaves.
The lower leaves become yellow which progresses upwards.Petiole break
at this junction and droop around the pseudostem. If diseased suckers are
planted, the terminal leaves become necrotic and plant dies. Young sword
sucker from diseased plant show wilting and blackening. When
pseudostem is cut pale yellow to dark brown vascular discoloration of
strands are seen along with yellowish brown oozing of bacteria from cut
ends. . In some cases no external symtoms are produced until bunch
development. The presence of yellow fingers in green bunches and inner
pulp exhibits dark brown discolouration. Fruit rot and fruit stalk
discoloration , wilted or blackened regowth of suckers, dead male flower
buds and peduncles with vascular discoloration are other symptoms of
Moko disease.
reduce disease by lowering the soil temperature and can add nitrogen
source to soil.
Under field conditions, soil drenching streptomycin sulphate (500
ppm) ,Streptocycline 500 ppm and Copper oxy chloride 2000 ppm
reduce the rhizome rot disease incidence.
Also dipping the suckers in Copper oxy chloride (40 g/10lit) +
Streptocycline ( 3g/ 10 lit.) for 30 min. before planting
Application of bleaching powder @6 g /plant followed by immediate
irrigation at the onset of disease.

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4. Moko wilt: Ralstonia solanacearum

Symptoms: Initial symptoms are characterized by yellowing of the inner

lamina close to the petiole which is followed by wilting of inner leaves.
The lower leaves become yellow which progresses upwards.Petiole break
at this junction and droop around the pseudostem. If diseased suckers are
planted, the terminal leaves become necrotic and plant dies. Young sword
sucker from diseased plant show wilting and blackening. When
pseudostem is cut pale yellow to dark brown vascular discoloration of
strands are seen along with yellowish brown oozing of bacteria from cut
ends. . In some cases no external symtoms are produced until bunch
development. The presence of yellow fingers in green bunches and inner
pulp exhibits dark brown discolouration. Fruit rot and fruit stalk
discoloration , wilted or blackened regowth of suckers, dead male flower
buds and peduncles with vascular discoloration are other symptoms of
Moko disease.
Favorable conditions : Pathogen is soil borne and survives in infected
debris . Spread is by irrigation water, farm implements and infested soil
and insects.
Management: Early detection and destruction of the suspected plants
may help in preventing the spread of the disease. All the tools used for
pruning and cutting should be disinfected with formaldehyde. As the
insects can carry the disease causing bacterium on the male flowers,
removal of the male flowers as soon as the last female hand emerge help
in minimising the spread of the disease.

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5. Viral diseases of Banana

Banana Bunchy Top Disease: Primary transmission is by infected

suckers and secondary transmission by the aphid vector Pentalonia
nigronervosa.
Infected suckers putforth narrow leaves, which are chlorotic and exhibit
mosaic symptoms. The affected leaves are brittle with their margins
rolled upwards. Characteristic symptom of bunchy top virus is the
presence of interrupted dark green streaks along the secondary veins of
the lamina or the midrib of the petiole. The dark green, hook like
extensions of the leaf lamina veins can also be seen between the midrib
and the lamina.The diseased plants remain stunted and do not produce
bunch of any commercial value. The suckers that develop after a 'mother'
plant has been infected with BBTV are usually severely stunted, with
leaves that do not expand normally and remain bunched at the top of the
pseudostem Therefore the disease can result in a 100% yield loss. When
very late infection occurs in the season, the plant would show dark green
streak on the tip of the bracts of male flower bud. The aphids are found
clustered around the unfurled heart leaf and leaf sheaths. The aphids
produce honeydew which attracts ants around the plant. The BBTV
symptoms are visible only 22- 23 days after infected by the virus.

Infectious chlorosis/ Cucumber Mosaic Virus :

Primary transmission is by infected suckers and secondary
transmission by the aphids Aphis gossypii and Aphids maidis The
disease is characterized by typical mosaic symptoms on the leaves.
Mosaic plants are easily recognised by their dwarf growth and mottled,

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distorted leaves. The earliest symptoms appear on young leaves ass light
green or yellowish streaks and bands giving a mottled appearance.
Necrosis of emerging cigar leaves leading to varying degree of necrosis
in the unfurled leaf lamina..Internal tissues also show necrosis. Plants do
not produce bunches but act as a virus reservoir.Affected plants throw
small bunches with malformed fingers.uneven riening has been
associated with this virus.

Banana Bract Mosaic Virus (BBrMV) :

Primary transmission is by infected suckers and secondary
transmission by aphid Vectors Aphis gossypii, and Rhopalosiphum
maidis. Purple coloured spindle shaped streaks on pseudostem.
Clustering of leaves at crown with a travelers palm appearance, elongated
peduncle and half filled hands. Bunches have unusually long peduncle,
chocking of bunches, raisedcorky growth on peduncle is also observed.
Bracts show thick purple longitudinal streaks. Dark reddish spindle
shaped streaks are seen on pseudostem

Banana Streak Virus (BSV) : Primary transmission is by infected

suckers and secondary transmission by the mealy bugs Planococcus citri
and Saccharicoccus sacchari. A prominent symptom exhibited by BSV is
yellow streaking of the leaves, which becomes progressively necrotic
producing a black streaked appearance in older leaves. .Necrotic streaks
are observed on midrib , petiole and pseudostem.Bunch choking, abortion
of bunch and seediness in fingers are observed. Delayed fruit bunch
emergence, reduction in fruit size, malformation of fingers when floral
initiation and early bunch development coincide with a period of

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increased virus synthesis. Sometimes necrosis of emerging leaves internal
necrosis of the pseudostem and plant death.

Integrated management for virus diseases

Eradication of infected plants and sword suckers.
Strict quarantine measures to be followed
Ensure virus free planting materials.
Avoid cucurbitaceous crops around banana field
Spraying dimethoate or methyl demeton 0.1 % for vector control
Destroy bunchy top virus affected plants by capsule application of 200
mg of 2,4 -D / capsule in to corm (7 cm deep) using capsule applicator
or inject 5 ml of 2,4-D solution (125 g / lit.) in pseudostem using
injector.
Control vector by spraying 1ml Methyl demeton (or) 2 ml
Monocrotophos (or) 1 ml Phosphomidon in 1 litre of water (or)
injection of Monocrotophos 1 ml /per plant (1 ml diluted in 4 ml water)
at 45 days interval from 3rd month till flowering.
Removal of weeds

Major Diseases of Chillies, Tomato Brinjal, Onion, Bhendi Gourds

and water melon and their management
In vegetable crops, Damping off, root rot, leaf spots, powdery
mildew and downy mildew and virus diseases (Mosaic and leaf curl)
cause severe yield loss.
Damping off : Pythium aphanidermatum is observed in most of the
vegetables (Chillies, Tomato , Brinjal, Cabbage, Onion)
Symptoms: Occurs as pre emergence and post emergence damping off. In the
pre-emergence the phase the seedlings are killed before emergence where
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young radical and the plumule are killed leads to rotting of the seedlings.The
post-emergence phase is characterized by the infection of the young seedlings
which become soft and water soaked at the collar region at the ground level
and leads to toppling or collapse of the seedlings.
Favourable conditions: pathogen Survives in soil and excess soil moisture
favours disease.
Management
Provide raised seed bed in nursery and fumigate with formaldehyde
Treat the seeds with Thiram @ 3 g/kg seed or Trichoderma viride @ 4 g
kg seed or Pseudomonas fluorescens @ 10 g /kg of seed 24 hours
before sowing.
Soil application of Pseudomonas fluorescens @ 2.5 kg/ha mixed with 50
kg of FYM.
Avoid stagnation of water.
Drench with Copper oxychloride @ 2.5 g/l or Bordeaux mixture 1%.

Wilt: Wilt caused by Fusarium sp affects most of the vegetable crops

(i)Tomato -Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici
(ii) Chillies-Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vesicatoria
(iii) Bhendi- Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum
(iv) Water melon- Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Niveum
(iv) Water melon- Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Niveum

Symptoms :Wilting of the plant is characterised by an initial of yellowing of

the upper leaves that turn yellow and droop. Finally the vascular system of the
plant is discoloured, particularly in the lower stem and roots and plants ecome
wilted.

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Favourable conditions: Soil and seed borne. Survives in soil for more than
10 years.Spreads through irrigation, farm implements.
Management
Drenching with 1% Bordeaux mixture or Copper oxy chloride @ 2.5 g/lit.
Seed treatment with Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf1@ 10 g /kg of seed,
followed by nursery application of Pf1@ 20 g/m2 and seedling dip with
Pf1 @ 5g/ l along with soil application
of Pf1 @ 2.5 kg mixed with 50 kg FYM /ha at 30 days after transplanting.
Spot drench with Carbendazim @ 1g/lit for wilt affected plants
Leaf spots: Leaf spots caused by Cercospora sp., Septoria sp.,Alternaria sp.
and Botrytis sp occurs at all stages of the crop and leads to yield loss .
(i) Chillies:Cercospora capsisci
(ii) Tomato : Septoria lycopersici
(iii) Bhendi: Cercospora malayensis, C. abelmoschi
(iv)Brinjal: Cercospora solani –melongenae, C.solani, Alternaria
melongenae, A. Solani
(vi.) Onion leaf blight and Purple blotch : Botrytis sp.,Alternaria porri
(viii)Water melon: Alternaria cucumerina, Colletotrichum orbiculare
Symptoms
Leaf spots are brown and circular with small to large light grey centres and
dark brown margins or dark black irregular spots with concentric rings or
specks which coalese and cause drying and defoliation. Stem, petiole and pod
lesions also have light grey centres with dark borders.Severely infected leaves
drop off prematurely resulting in reduced yield.Favorable conditions: High
humidity , drizzling , wind favors disease development and spread. Survives
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Management
Seed treatment with Carbendazim @2g/kg of seed.
Spraying Mancozeb @ 2 g/lit or Copper oxychloride @ 2.5 g/lit.
For purple blotch of onion,spray Tebuconazole @ 1.5 ml/lit. or Mancozeb @
2g/lit. or Zineb @ 2g/lit.

Virus diseases: Mosaic and Leaf curl

Mosaic: Transmitted by aphids. Affected plant appears stunted with light

and dark green mottling on the leaves that becomes distorted, puckered and
smaller than normal leaves. This disease is common in Tomato,
Chillies,Brinjal, Gourds
Leaf curl : Transmitted by white fly.Leaves are curled have margins that curl
upward, giving them a cup-like appearance ,reduced in size ,yellowing
between the veins ,shortened internodes giving the plant a stunted appearance
. This disease is common in Tomato and Chillies
Management
Protected nursery in net house or green house.
Placing yellow sticky traps @ 12/ha to monitor the vectors
Raising barrier crops, cereals around the field . Raise two rows of Maize or
Sorgnum for every 5 rows of chilli.
Removal of weed host regularly
Spray Imidacloprid @ 0.5 ml/lit. or Dimethoate @ 0.5 ml/lit. or
Monocrotophos @1.5 ml/lit. or Acephate @1g/lit. at 15, 25, 45 days
after transplanting to control vector.
Virus perpetuates in cucurbits, legumes, pepper, tobacco, tomato and weed
hosts so care should be taken.

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DISEASES OF TOMATO

(refer previous page for damping off, wilt, Leaf spot and virus
diseases)
1.Early blight : Alternaria solani
Symptoms: Small, black spots enlarge and concentric rings in a bull's
eye pattern can be seen in the center of the diseased area.Tissue
surrounding the spots may turn yellow. Lesions on the stems may occur
and girdle..On fruis, dark brown concentric rings are seen that affects the
market quality. Shedding of immature fruits occur
Fvaourable conditions: Survives in seeds and soil.High soil moisture
creates high humidity that favors disease development initially on lower
leaves.
Management
Removal of infected plant debris. Use of disease free seeds . Crop
rotation with non solanaceoues crops. Spraying Mancozeb @ 2g/lit. or
copper oxychloride @ 2.5 g/lit twice at 15 days interval.
2. Late blight: Phytophthora infestans
Symptoms: Leaves stem and fruits are attacked Lesions appear as
purplish to brown colour whicg leads to blighting under humid
conditions. Marbbled areas on green fruits which later becomes brown
and completely shriveled.
Favorable conditions: Pathogen survives in infected debris. Disease
occurs in rainfed crops unde irrigation where dew is frequent and
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Management
Crop rotation
Over head irrigation to bre avoided. S[paryinmg with mancozeb 0.2%
or captafol @0.2% or Metalaxyl 0.2% or copper oxychloride @ 0.2%

3.Bacterial wilt: Burkholderia solancearum

Symptoms: Young seedling show yellowing and wilt. Curling of leaves
occurs. More adventitious roots are formed.. Later black discoloration of
vascular tissues with gummy bacterial ooze is the characteristic symptom
of severely infected plant.
Favorable conditions: Survives in soil and in infected plant debris. .
spreads through irrigation water and farm implements.
Management
Crop rotation. Spraying with Agrimycin-100 @ 0.1g /lit. thrice at 10
days intervals effectively controls the disease.
4. Peanut bud necrosis disease : Groundnut bud necrosis virus
Numerous small, dark, circular spots appear on younger leaves,
bronzing of leaves that later turn dark brown and wither. Plants
affected at early stages do not flower , those afected at later stages
show reuced flowers and poor fruit set and the growing shoots shows
necrosis and finally death of plants
Fruits show numerous spots with concentric, circular markings.
On ripe fruit, these markings alternate with bands of red and yellow.
The spotted wilt virus is transmitted by thrips
Management
Selection of healthy seedlings and rouging of infected plants up to
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 Apply Carbofuran 3 G @1 kg a.i./ha in nursery at sowing and
second application at 1.25 kg a.i./ha 10 days after transplanting in
mainfield and 3 sprays of Dimethoate @1 ml/l or Methyl demeton
@1 ml/l or Phosphomidan @ 1.0 ml/l at 25, 40 and 55 days after
transplanting.
Spraying Pseudomonas fluorescens @ 5g/l at 25th and 45th day after
planting
The affected plants should be periodically removed and destroyed.
Alternate or collateral hosts harboring the virus have to be removed.
Raise barrier crops – Sorghum, Maize, Bajra at 5-6 rows around the
field one month before planting

DISEASES OF CHILLIES
1.Fruit Rot and Die Back: Colletotrichum capsici (refer previous
page for damping off , wilt, leaf spot and virus diseases)
Symptoms: Necrosis of tender twigs from the tip backwards, profuse
shedding of flowers. Drying up spreads from the flower stalks to the stem
and subsequently causes die-back of the branches and stem which later
on wither. Partially affected plants bear few fruits of low quality. Fruits
rot appears on ripe fruits where small circular spost initially appear and
spreads as oblong black greenish colour or markedly delimited by a
black or straw colored area. Badly diseased fruits turn straw coloured
with less pungency. The diseased fruist later shrivels nad dries up.
Favorable conditions: Seed borne and secondary spread by wind during
[periods sof high humidity accompanied with rain.Disease appears after
rains has stopped nad when there is prolonged deposition of dew on
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Management
Use disease free seeds
Seed treatment with Thiram or Captan @ 4g/kg
Spray Mancozeb @ 2 g/lit or Copper oxychloride @ 2.5 g/lit
thrice at 15 days interval starting from noticing the die-back
symptoms or at
60 days after planting .

2. Powdery mildew: Leveillula taurica

Symptoms : White powdery growth on lower side of leaves leads to
shedding of foliage causing severe reduction in fruit yield.
Management
Spray Wettable sulphur @ 3 g/lit or Carbendazim @ 1 g/lit, 3 sprays
at 15 days interval from the first appearance of symptom

3. Bacterial leaf spot: Xanthomonas campestris pv. Vesicatoria

Symptoms: The leaves exhibit small circular or irregular, dark brown or
black greasy spots that form irregular lesions. Severely affected leaves
become chlorotic and fall off.Stem infection leads to formation of
cankerous growth and wilting of branches.On the fruits round, raised
water soaked spots with a depression in the centre where in shining
droplets of bacterial ooze is observed.
Management
Field sanitation and crop rotation
Spray seedlings with Bordeaux mixture @ 1% or copper oxychloride @
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l. DISEASES OF BRINJAL (refer previous page for damping off
,leaf spot diseases)
Bacterial wilt: Pseudomonas solanacearum
Symptoms: Lower leaves may droop, yellowing of the foliage, stunting
,wilting and finally collapse of the entire plant .The vascular system
becomes brown and bacterial ooze comes out from the affected parts.
Favourable conditions: Presence of root knot nematode Meloidogyne
incognita increases the disease incidence. Survives in soil and in infected
plant debris. . Spreads through irrigation water and farm implements.
Management
Crop rotation with cruciferous vegetables such as cauliflower
Fields should be kept clean and affected parts are to be collected and
burnt.
Spray 2% Bordeaux mixture or Spraying with Agrimycin-100 @ 100
ppm ( 0.1g/litre) thrice at 10 days intervals effectively controls the
disease.

2. Phomopsis Fruit Rot: Phomopsis vexans

Symptoms: Initially seen as blight on young seedlings. And girdle the
plant as a result plant topples. On mature plant, stem lesion appear as
dark brown and dpeads to e tire stem , colaeses nad spreads to fruits .
Fruits show soft watery lesion and later become mummified with minute
black structure called pycnidia and remains dried.
Favorable conditions: Survives in soil in infected plant debris. Spreads
though irrigation water and farm implements

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Management
Deep summer ploughing, crop rotation.
Spraying Carbendazim + Mancozeb @ 0.1% or copper oxychloride
@2 0.2
% or difolotan 0.2%

Little leaf of Brinjal: Caused by Phytoplasma. Transmitted by Leaf

hopper Hishimonas phycitis.
Symptoms: Reduction in leaf size. As disease progresses leaves become
smaller, croded and the petioles become shorter . Later leaves become
thin narrow and glabrous. Plant gives bushy appearance.Floral parts are
modified in to green structuresand fail to produce fruit, If at all fruits are
produced, fruits never mature and remain mummified.
Management :
Removal of weed hosts.
Spraying 100 ppm of Tetacycline or copper hydroxide @ 500 ppm

DISEASES OF WATER MELON (refer previous page for Fusarium

wilt disease)
1.Gummy Stem Blight :Mycosphaerella melonis
Symptoms: Infected stems are water-soaked and then become dry,
coarse and tan with small black fruiting bodies.Large lesions girdle stems
and plants wilt.Stem lesions on melons exude a gummy, red-brown
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Management
Use of disease free seed.
Drenching / spraying with Mancozeb @ 2g/lit. to cover the affected
area.

2. Bacterial Wilt: Erwinia tracheiphila

Symptoms: Leaves turn dull green and finally wilting.Cut ends of stem
exudate white ooze which are carried by beetles to near by plants\
Favorable conditions: Survives in soil and in infected plant debris. .
spreads through irrigation water and farm implements.
Management
Field sanitation and crop rotation
Removal of affected plants
Spray Streptomycin sulphate (400ppm ) @ 0.4g/l

3. Downy mildew: Pseudoperonospora cubensis

Symptoms: This disease occurs less frequently on watermelons.Small,
yellowish areas occur on the upper leaf surface and a downy, white-gray-
light blue fungus growth can be seen on the underside of individual
lesions. Usually spots are angular because they are restricted by leaf
veins.
Favorable conditions: High humidity with drizzling , low temperature
of 15 to 25 ᵒC accompanied with drizzling and dew favours disease.
\Management : Spraying with Metalaxyl @ 500 g/ha or Metalaxyl +
Mancozeb @1 kg/ha or Mancozeb 1 kg/ha.

4. Angular Leaf Spot: Pseudomonas lachrymans

Symptoms: Small, angular, water-soaked lesions on the leaves that turn
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spots may also appear on the fruit
Favorable conditions: Survives in soil and in infected plant debris. .
spreads
through irrigation water and farm implements.
Management: Use disease-free seed .Crop rotation

DISEASES OF GOURDS
Downy mildew: Pseudoperonospora cubensis
Symptoms: Disease affects pumpkin, Snake gourd, Ribbed gourd, Bottle
gourd, Bitter gourd and Ash gourd.Whitish growth of fungus is seen on
lower surface of leaves and corresponding upper leaves show pale green
areas separated by dark green areas The entire leaf dries up quickly.
Favorable conditions: High humidity with drizzling , low temperature
of 15 to 25 ᵒC accompanied with drizzling and dew favours disease.
Management
Seed treatment with Metalaxyl @ 2 g/kg.seeds
Spraying with Mancozeb @ 2g/lit. or Chlorothalonil @ 2 ml/lit. or
Metalaxyl + Mancozeb @ 1g/lit.
Powdery mildew: Erysiphe cichoracearum
Symptoms; Disease occurs in Pumpkin, Snake gourd, Ribbedgourd
,Bottle gourd, Bitter gourd and Ash gourd.White or brown growth on
upper and lower surfaces of leaves and stems and leads to drying
Favorable conditions: Dry season and high temperature. Favours
disease development. Survives in infected plant debris.
Management
Spray Dinocap @1 ml/lit. or Carbendazim @ 0.5 g/lit.

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Mosaic : Cucumber mosaic virus
Symptoms;Infected plants show cupping of leaves downward, severe
mottling with alternating light green and dark green patches.Plants are
stunted, and fruits are covered with bumpy protrusions. Severely affected
cucumber fruit may be almost entirely white.The virus is readily
transferred by aphids and survives on a wide variety of plants.
Management
Removal of weed host.
Spray Dimethoate@ 2ml/lit.or Monocrotophos @1.5 ml/lit. or
Acephate @1g/lit. to control insect vectors.
Place yellow sticky traps @ 12/ ha .

DISEASES OF ONION
Basal Rot: Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cepae
Symptoms: Leaves turn yellow and then drying of leaf tip
downwards.The bulb of the affected plant shows soft rotting and the roots
get rotted.Whitish mouldy growth on the scales may be seen.This disease
begins in the field and continues in storage.
Favorable conditions: Survives in soil in infected plant debris. Spreads
though irrigation water and farm. Stagnation of water and temperature of
28 to 32 C are favourable for disease development.
Management
Treat bulbs with Trichoderma viride @ 4g/kg. and apply T. viride 2
2.5 kg/ha. basally along with VAM 12.5 kg/ha
Soil drenching with Copper oxychloride @2.5g.lit

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Purple blotch of onion : Alternaria porri.
Symptoms:Occurs mainly on top of leaves. Infection starts with minute
white dots with irregular chlorotic spots on the tip of leaves which later
turn circular to oblong concentric balck velvety in the chlorotic area.
Later spots coalesce and dry from tip downwards nad hang down .
Infection is laso seen on outer scales of bulb. . Premature drying of
foliage results in poor development of bulbs.
Favorable conditions: Carried through seed bulbs collected from
infected area.. Spreads through air borne spores . Warm humid weather ,
rain and dew favors disease development.
Downy mildew: Peronospora destructor
Symptoms :White downy growth appears on the lower surface of the
leaves with chlorotic areas on upper surface.and finally the infected
leaves are dried. The flowers are affected , dried and drop off. Entire
plant is not killed only under sized bulbs are formed. Infected bulbs
reamin small and succulent. . Fungus invades flaoral parts and hence a
small portion of seeds are also affected .
Favorable conditions : Pathogen requires cool, moist nights and
moderate warm temperature with cloudy day for disease development.
Survives in infected bulbs and in soil as oospores.
Management : Three sprays with Mancozeb @ 2 g/lit.Spraying should
be started 20 days after transplanting and repeated at 10-12 days interval

DISEASES OF BHENDI
Powdery mildew: Erysiphe cichoracearum
Symptoms: Greyish powdery growth occurs on the under as well as on
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Favorable conditions: Survives in infected crop debris. Dry weather
conditions with temperature of 15 to 30 ᵒC especially during September
to December favours disease.
Management
Dust Sulphur @ 25 kg / ha or spray Dinocap @ 2 ml / lit. or
Tridemorph @ 0.5 ml / lit. or Carbendazim @ 1 g / lit. or Wettable
sulphur @ 2 g / lit. immediately after noticing the disease and repeat
after 15 days if necessary.
Bhendi vein clearing virus:
Symptoms: Yellowing of the entire network of veins in the leaf blade
and interveinal area becomes completely yellow or white. In severe
infections the younger leaves turn yellow, become reduced in size and
the plant becomes stunted.The affected plants produce fruits with
yellow or white colour and they are not fit for marketing.The virus
spreads by whitefly
Management:
Grow resistant/ tolerant varieties .Spraying Monocrotophos @ 1.5 ml/lit.
or Chlorpyriphos@ 2.5 ml + neem oil 2 ml/ lit. to control vector.Place
yellow sticky trap @12 nos./ha

Integrated disease management in vegetables

Nursery
Protected nursery in net house or green house.
Provide raised seed bed in nursery
Seed treatment with Carbendazim 2g/kg of seed or Thiram (3 g/kg
of seed) or Trichoderma viride @ 4 g / kg or Pseudomonas

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 fluorescens @
10 g /kg of seed 24 hours before sowing.
Drench with 1% Bordeaux mixture or Copper oxy chloride 2.5 g/lit for
damping off
Main field
Apply Pseudomonas fluorescens through soil @ 2.5 kg/ha mixed
with 50 kg of FYM as basal or at 30 th and 45th day after planting
Seedling dip with Pseudomonas fluorescens @5g/lit. for 10-15
min.at the time of transplanting
Spray Mancozeb @ 2 g/lit or Copper oxychloride @ 2.5 g/lit. or
combination of a fungicide containing Mancozeb and Carbendazim @
3g/lit. to control leaf spot . Repeat spray at 10 days interval based on
severity.
Spot drench with Carbendazim @ 1g/lit. for wilt affected plants
Follow crop rotation to minimise the soil borne disease incidence
Keep yellow sticky traps @ 12/ha to trap /monitor the vectors
Raise barrier crops-cereals around the field to avoid entry of vectors
Spray Imidacloprid @ 0.5 ml/lit.% or Dimethoate @ 0.5 ml/lit. or
Monocrotophos @1.5 ml/lit. or Acephate @1g/lit. 15, 25, 45 days after
transplanting to control vector.
Removal of virus affected plants
Virus causing mosaic disease perpetuates in cucurbits, legumes,
tobacco, tomato, chilly and weed hosts so care should be taken.

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DISEASES OF TURMERIC

1.Rhizome rot : Pythium graminicolum or P.aphanidermatum.

Symptom : The collar region of the pseudostem becomes soft and water
soaked, resulting in collapse of the plant and decay of rhizomes is
common. Root I svery much reduced.. In advanced stages rhizome rot .
disease may appear in patches.
Favorable conditions: Pathogen is soil borne. Spreads through infected
rhizomes and through irrigation water from diseased plans.
Management
Light soil with good drainage facilities to be selected.
Selection of disease free rhizomes.
Dipping rhizomes in metalaxyl 0.25 % for 40 minutes nad soil
drenching with 0.01% copper oxy chloride 0.25% or Bordeaux
mixture 1%.
Soil application of 2.5 kg / ha each of P. fluorescens and T. viride in 50
kg of
FYM as basal and top dressing on 150 days after planting.
Treat the seed rhizomes with 0.3% Copper oxychloride for 30 min
before storage

2.Leaf spot: Colletotrichum capsici

Symptoms :Appears as brown spots with white or grey centre .Later the
spots coalesce and eventually dry up. The rhizomes do not develop well.
Favorable conditions: Survives in infected plant debris. Relative
humidity of 80 % and temperature of 21 to 25 ᵒC favors disease
development.

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Management
Spray with Copper oxychloride @ 2.5 g/lit.or combination of a fungicide
containing Carbendazim and Mancozeb @ 3g/lit or Propiconazole @
1ml/ litre
Leaf blotch: Taphrina maculans
Symptoms :Small,oval, rectangular or irregular brown spots on either
side of the leaves which turn yellow and affect the rhizome yield.
Favorable conditions: Survives in infected plant debris Relative
humidity of 80 % and temperature of 21 to 23 ᵒC favors disease
development.
Management
Spraying Mancozeb @ 3gm / lit. or combination of a fungicide
containing Carbendazim and Mancozeb @ 2g/lit. or Propiconazole @
1ml/ lit.

DISEASES OF PEPPER
Phytopthora foot rot/ Quick wilt : Phytopthora palmivora
Symptoms: Affected vines exhibit four types of symptoms. Symptoms
appear either individually or in combination.
Leaf infection: Water soaked lesion sstart from tip or from centre of leaf
or from margins. Lesions expand in concentric manner and affects spikes
that shed away.
Die back: Branches exhibit dark brown lesions that spreads up wards
resulting in die back of branches.
Foot rot / Collar rot: Wet water soaked lesions appear at the collar
regionand necrosisi progresses downwards to under ground stem .
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Root rot:Yellowing of foliage, drooping of leaves, lateral roots are
affected. Which progresses to main roots nad vines die.
Favorable conditions: Survives in soil and spreads through infected soil
and irrigation water and farm implements. Disease is prevalent during
rainy season in poor drainage soils. High humidity accompanied with rain
with shorter sun shine hours during July to August with temperature of
20 to 24ᵒ C favours disease
Management
Adequate drainage facilities in high rainfall areas
Removal of dead shoots.
Nursery: Apply Trichoderma viride @ 1 g / kg of pot mixture. Mulch
the pot mixture with 150 gauge polythene sheet for 30 days
Main field : Any of the following formulation can be drenched in the soil
twice (May– June and October - November).Neem cake 1/2 kg per vine +
Swabbing of Bordeaux paste upto 1 m from the ground level. Or
Trichoderma
viride @ 20 g/vine + FYM or Bordeaux mixture 1 % or Metalaxyl
Mancozeb
@ 2 g / lit. or • Neem cake 2 kg per vine + 0.1% Metalaxyl (pre monsoon
foliar spray and soil application) or Pseudomonas fluorescens (50 g) (pre
and post monsoon) + neem cake (2 kg)(post monsoon) + metalaxyl 0.1 %.
Soil drenching with 1% Bordeaux mixture or copper oxy chloride 0..25 %
ormetalaxyl 0.25% Spraying with 1% Bordeaux mixture or copper oxy
chloride 0..25 % or metalaxyl 0.25% during premonsoon periods
Swabbing main stem up to 1 mtetre from ground level with Bordeaux
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Anthracnose/ Pollu disease: Colletotrichum gloeosporioides
Symptoms: Symptoms are seen on leaves and stems as circular or
irregular grey spost on leaves. Spots expand in concentric rings which
kills the stem. The Rotting of tissues takes place in leaf axils that leads to
dropping of spikes. .Berries become hollow and get dried.
Favorable conditions: Disease normally occurs during July to August .
Rains wih slightly warm temperature of 22 to 25ᵒ C and high relative
humidity spreads the disease
Management
Three rounds of spray with Bordeaux mixture 1% during June – July f
ollowed by June to late July , and late August reduces the disease.

DISEASES OF FLOWERS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT

DISEASES OF ROSE
1. Powdery mildew Sphaerotheca pannosa var. rosae
Symptoms: The disease appears as slightly raised blister-like areas on
the young leaves. Soon leaves are covered with a greyish white, powdery
fungal .growth, become curled and distorted. On older leaves, large white
patches of fungal growth appear.. Buds may also be attacked and covered
with white mildew before they open. Diseased buds fail to open. The
infection spreads to theflower parts and they become discoloured,
dwarfed and dried.
Favourable conditions : The fungus overwinters as mycelium in
dormant buds and shoots spread is through wind-borne conidia. The
disease is favoured by dry weather with maximum day temperature of 20
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Management:
The diseased and fallen leaves should be collected and burnt.
Four sprayings at 10 days interval with wettable sulphur 0.3 per cent
or dinocap 0.07 per cent or carbendazim 0.1 per cent or Azoxystrobin
@ 1ml/ litre controls the disease effectively.
Sulphur dust can be used at 25 kg/ha. Wettable sulphur or sulphur dust
should not be used when the temperature is above 30°C as it may
cause scorching.
Resistant Varieties like Aawliver, Abisharika, Adolf Morstman,
African Star, Ambika, Angeles, Anvil Sparks, American Pride, Apollo,
Arizona, Ashwini, Baby Masquerade, Banjaran-9, Barbara, Bewitched,
Blue Moon, Bon Soir, Bon Accord, Bonnie Scotland, Boque Dayal, Belle
Vue, Bovinchor, Bulls Red, Canasta, Careless Love, Carcusar,
Celebration, Crimson Glory, Dame De Cour, Deep Secret, Dutch Gold,
Dwarf Queen, Dearest Durina, Eiffel Tower, Priti, Paradise, Queen
Elizabeth, Royal Ascot, Red Master Piece, Red Dene, Rachel Grawshey,
Ranjana-1 0, Sonia, Spartan, Super Star, Summer Days, Starina can be
grown. Excess fertilization especially with nitrogenous fertilizers and
crowding of plants should be avoided.

2. Die-back- Diplodia rosarum

Symptoms: The pruned surface of the twig dries from tip downwards.
Twigs become brown to dark brown or black. The disease passes from
the branch twig to the main stem and from where it spreads to the roots.
Finally it kills the whole plant. Stem and roots show browning of the
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Favourable conditions : The fungus persists in dead twigs and the stalks
of the withered blooms.Older plants and neglected and weak bushes are
more frequently attacked. Disease spread is faster at 30 to 32°C.
Management:
Pruning should be done so that the lesions on the shoots are
eliminated. Partially diseased twigs should be pruned atleast 3 to 5
cm below the visible symptoms of the disease. In all cases, the
pruned ends should be immediately coated with Chaubattia paint (4
parts of copper carbonate, 4 parts of red-lead and 5 parts of linseed
oil .
Application of fertiliser should be delayed atleast 10 days after
pruning. Spraying with copper oxychloride 0.2 per cent or difolatan
0.2 per cent or chlorothalonil 0.2 per cent or rnancozeb 0.2 per cent
once in early September and again in late October is recommended
for the control of this disease.
The varieties which are resistant include Bhim, Blue Moon, Red Gold,
Quebec, Summer Queen, Red, Ressolute, Samba, Velhiteen Sign
and Whitten Sign. Agnasius, Christian Doir, Confidence, Crimson
Glory, Fantal Blue, Faryentee, Kiss of Fire, Pascali, Royal Ascot,
Vienna Charm and White Chritmas

3. Black spot : Diplocarpon rosae

.Symptoms: The disease is characterized by the presence of black spot
on the leaves. These spots are more or less circular in outline. They have
a very irregular fibrillose border due to the radiating strands of mycelium
which occur beneath the leaves and leaf buds which open late in the
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following season. On the stem the infected areas present a blackened,
blistered appearance, dotted with ustules.
Favourable conditions : The fungus survives in the infected leaves on
the plants.: The disease is favoured by high humidity and low
temperature (21°C). Winter frosts favour the disease.
Management:
As the fungus perpetuates on old diseased leaves and stems it is
necessary to collect and destroy them at the end of the season..
Diseased plants should be pruned carefully and should be burnt.
Spraying with tridemorph 0.025 per cent or captan 0.2 per cent or
or Azoxystrobin 0.1% ferbam or benomyl 0.1 per cent at weekly
intervals starting with the sprouting of the plants till the appearance
of the new foliage and continuing during humid weather effectively
controls the disease. Captan sprays at 15 days interval is effective
in the control of black spot.
Shade and excessive irrigation should be avoided.
Hybrid Rugosa rose, 'Martin Frobisher1 is immune to black spot. Rose
cultivars viz., Belaya (Rosa alba). John Cabot and Carefree Beauty
are resistant. Among the HT cultivars Show Girl, Buccaneer, Gold
Crown Mc-Gredy's Sunset and Perfecta are less susceptible.

4. Rust Phragmidium mucronatum

Symptoms: The under-side of the leaves, stems show orange to lemon
yellow pustules (1.0 mm in dia) which increase in size as the season
advances. In the mid-summer, the orange yellow spots on the leaves are
replaced by brick red spots .Later in the season, the same leaves show
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turn yellow, deformed and fall prematurely to the ground.Some times
blossoms develop badly or not at all. The diseased bushes are greatly
weakened and may die back.
Favourable conditions : Maximum rust infection occurs at a
temperature which ranges from 18 to 21°C. Temperature between 20 and
25°C is favourable for uredospore production.
Teleutospores which are produced in autumn helps in overwintering and
causing fresh infection through basidiospore in the next spring. The
fungus also overwinters as perennial mycelium in the stem. Secondary
spread is through wind-borne uredospores.
Management:
Diseased, fallen leaves should be collected and burnt.
Stems harbouring perennial mycelium should be cut out and burnt.
Three sprayings during Mar-Apr at 15 days interval with mancozeb
0.2 per cent or carboxin 0.1 per cent.. The disease is controlled by
spraying with ferbam 0.2 per cent or wettable sulphur 0.3 per cent
or captan 0.2 per cent.
Botrytis bud and twig blight : : Botrytis cinerea
Symptoms: The disease is also known as petal fire or Botrytis mold.
Infection starts from the sepals as black-brown specks that cover the
flower in due course. The buds turn brown and decay. Sometimes
partially opened buds are attacked, and the individual petals turn brown
and shrivel.. In cool moist weather the flower is covered with greenish-
grey or darkish growth of the fungus.
Management:
Picking and destroying old blooms and overwintered canes help in
reducing the disease.
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 Avoiding excessive irrigation helps to check the disease.
Fungicidal spray with with ferbam 0,2 per cent or captan 0.2 per centor
benomyl 0.1 per cent or mancozeb 6.2 per cent or carbendazim 0.2
percent.
The following rose varieties viz., Anieval Sparks, Bonnienuit,
Chantare, Charleston, Devine, Elizabeth, Glimpses, Golden Giant,
Joseph's Coat, Picture, Purna, Rakat Gandha, Sharella, Spartan and
Zenium Mukhatis are free from the disease. Buds and twig blight
by Phomopsis gulabia from Uttar Pradesh has also been reported.

DISEASES OF JASMINE
Leaf spots: Alternaria leaf blight : Alternaria jasmine
Alternaria leaf spot: Alternaria alternate
Cercospora leaf spot : Cercospora jasminicola
Symptoms: On the affected leaves dark brown spots in concentric rings
or circular to irregular reddish brown spots of 2 to 8 mm dia appear on
upper leaf surface. are noticed. During humid conditions, the spots in
each leaflet enlarge very quickly and coalesce. Later, blighted leaflets dry
and easily fall off. They are also brittle. In a severely affected, garden,
large number of fallenleaves can be easily seen on the ground near the
base of the diseased vine. Oval to elongated light brown spots develop on
petioles, stem, calyx and even on tubular corollas. In severe cases of
infection vegetative buds and young branches dry up. The disease
spreads through wind-borne conidia.
Favourable conditions : The disease is severe during winter months
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High humidity, drzzling and low temperature favours disease
development.
Management:
Diseased and fallen leaves should be collected and burnt.
Spraying mancozeb 0.2 % or Azoxystrobin 0.1% Spraying can be
repeated at 7 to 10 days interval covering all the foliage in the vines
Collar rot and Root rot – Sclerotium rolfsii
Symptoms : Plants at all stages are infected. First the older leaves
become yellow followed by younger leaves and finally death of the plant.
In the root black discoloration can be seen. On the infected tissues and
stem surface white strands of mycelia and mustard like sclerotia are seen.
Management
Soil drenching with Trifloxystrobin + Tebuconazole @ 0.75 g / lit or
Difenoconazole @ 0.5 ml / lit.
Soil application of Pseudomonas fluorescens @ 25 g / m2 and foliar
application of P. fluorescens @ 5 g / lit at monthly intervals after
planting.Soil drenching with Copper oxychloride 0.25% or 1%
Bordeaux mixture or application of FYM with Trichoderma viride
@ 10 g + 100g FYM / plant
Phyllody: Phytoplasma
Symptoms: Leaves become small malformed and bushy. In the place of
flowers green leaf like malformed flowers are formed. The disease is
transmitted by grafting and whitefly, Dialeurodes kirkaldii.
Management : Selection of cuttings from healthy plants. Spraying
insecticide to control the vector.
Powdery mildew: Oidium jasmini
Symptoms: The disease appears as white powdery patches on the upper
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surface of the leaves. Later, these patches coalesce and cover the entire
surface and blight the leaves.
Management : Spray with Weatble suplur 0.2 % or Chlorothlonil 0.1%
or Azoxystrobin @ 1ml / lit.

DISEASES OF CHRYSANTHEMUM

1. Blotch/Leaf spot: Septoria chrysanthemella

Symptoms: Blackish-brown, circular to irregular spots surrounded by an
yellow halo. They coalesce with one another and form large patches
coalesce to form blotches covering major portion of the leaf. The dead
leaves hang on the stem for sometime.
Favourable conditions: Infected debris in the soil appeared to be the
primary source of infection .The disease is particularly severe during and
after monsoon and is favoured by cool weather. Warm weather is not
conducive for its development.
Management: Diseased plant debris should be collected and burnt.
Irrigation should be regulated. Fortnightly spraying with carbendazim 0.1
per cent or benomyl 0.1 per cent or mancozeb 0.2 per cent or copper
oxychloride 0.3 per cent or 0.1% azoxystrobin, or 0.2% chlorothalonil,
thiophanate methyl @ 0.1% .Chrysanthemum cultivars viz., Alpana,
Aparjito, C.L. Philips, Flirt, Liliput, Phillies and Sarad are highly
resistant.
2. White Rusts: Puccinia horiana
Symptoms: Infection by first noticed as yellow to tan spots on the upper
surface of the leaves, up to 5 mm diameter; the centers of the spots later
turn brown. On the underside of the leaves raised buff, pinkish, waxy
pustules develop which later become whitish and quite.Severe infections
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can lead to complete loss of the crop.
Control
Regulations require that infect plants be destroyed to prevent disease
establishment in this country. Protect healthy plants with fungicides with
the active ingredients 0.l% azoxystrobin, or Difenconazole 0.05 % or
chlorothalonil 0.2% , or thiophanate methyl @ 0.1%
3.VascularWilts:
Chrysanthemums are subject to two vascular wilt diseases caused
by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.
chrysanthemi and Verticillium dahliae. Both pathogens persist in the soil
for many years.
Fusarium Wilt: yellowing of foliage, stunting, and wilting often along
one side of plant.Plants may appear water stressed and foliage may
brown and die.Stems - reddish brown discoloration of the vascular
system.spread in contaminated soil and infected cuttings and is favored
by warm temperatures
Verticillium Wilt:Symptoms of Verticillium wilt often appear only after
blossom buds have formed; young vigorous plants may be
symptomless.Foliage becomes yellow and wilted, sometimes only along
leaf margins and on one side of the plant.Leaves begin to die from the
base of the plant upward and often remain attached. Stems exhibit dark
streaks in the vascular system.Favored when cool weather is followed by
hot temperatues. pasteurized growing media and pathogen-free cuttings.
Most cultivars are resistant. Avoid susceptible cultivars including 'Bright
Golden Ann', 'Echo', 'Glowing Mandalay', Mountain Peak', 'Paragon',,
'Pert', 'Puritan', and 'Wedgewood'., high relative humidity, overwatering,
and poor drainage.
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Management :
Pathogen free cuttings or plants and pasteurized growing media.Adjust
pH to 6.5 to 7.0 and use nitrate nitrogen fertilization. Soil drenching with
Copper oxychloride 2.5 g / lit or Trifloxystrobin +Tebuconazole @ 0.75
g / lit or Difenoconazole @ 0.5ml / lit.Avoid highly susceptible cultivars
such as 'Bravo', 'Cirbronze', 'Illini Trophy', 'Orange Bowl', 'Royal
Trophy', and 'Yellow Delaware'.

5. Powdery mildew: Oidium chrysanthemi

Symptoms: The leaves get covered with a whitish, ash-grey powdery
growth on the upper surface. Infected leaves turn yellow and dry.
Severely infected plants remain stunted and do not flower. The disease is
favoured by dry hot weather.. Shade and overcrowding of plants should
be avoided to reduce the disease. Spraying with wettable sulphur 0.2 per
cent or triforine 0.03 per cent or thiophanate-methyl 0.05 per cent or
dinocap 0.025 per cent or dinocap 1.0 kg/ha or cabendazim or benomyl
0.1 per cent at 10 to 15 days interval controls the disease.

DISEASES OF CROSSANDRA

1.Wilt : Fusarium solani

Symptoms: Disease is observed one month after transplanting. Leaves of
infected plants become pale and droop. Margin of the leaves show
pinkish brown discolouration. The discolouration spreads to the midrib in
a period of 7 to 10 days. Stem portion gets shrivelled. Dark lesions are
noticed on the roots extending upto collar region which result in
sloughing off the cortical tissue.
Fvaourable conditions: The disease is formed in both air black and
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sandy loam soil and losses upto 80 per cent of plants has been reported.
Pathogen survive in soil and they are spread by irrigation water.
Incidence is more in the presence of root lesion nematode, Pratylenchus
delatrei and Helicohylenchus dihystera.
Management: Affected plants should be pulled out and destroyed to
reduce the disease. The nematode can be controlled by soil application of
phorate at the rate of 1g/plant on 10th day of transplanting. Soil
drenching with carbendazim 0.1 per cent or copper oxychloride 0.25 per
cent on 30 days
2.Alternaria leaf spot : Alternaria amaranthi var. crossandrae
Symptoms: This disease was first reported from Tamil Nadu during
1972. Infected leaves show small, circular or irregular yellow spots on
the upper surface.
They soon enlarge turn brown and develop dark brown concentric rings.
Infected leaves become yellow and drop off prematurely.
Management: Spraying with Mancozeb 0.2% (or) Carbendazim 0.1%
3. Leaf blight : Colletotrichum crossandra
Symptoms :The symptoms of leaves consist of the development of
brownish, depressed necrotic areas surrounded by reddish and slightly
raised margins. Initially the spots appear as brownish specks but become
darker as they expand. The lesions are more prominent on lower leaves
and confined to the margins.Infected leaves roll up, shrivel and drop off,
leaving a barren stem with a whorl of young leaves at the top.
Management
Spraying with Mancozeb 0.2% (or) Carbendazim 0.1%

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DISEASES OF MARIGOLD

1.Rust : Uromyces dianthi

Symptoms: on leaves, stems, or flower buds are small, slightly raised
blisters that eventually rupture, forming pustules filled with powdery
reddish-brown spores .A yellow margin surrounds the pustules and, when
infections are severe, entire leaves turn yellow and die. Stems may be
girdled when several pustules develop around the shoot, resulting in
decreased flower production and quality.Plants may be attacked at any
stage of development.
Favorable conditions: .Survives in infected cuttings. Disease is favored
by cool nights alternating with warm humid days. This induces dew at
night and the formation of a film of water on the leaf surface. More
severe in open air culture and in plastic film greenhouses, where dew
formation is common
Management : Spraying with 0.1% or 0.25 % chlorothalonil, or
thiophanate methyl @ 0.1%
2. Alternaria leaf Blight- Alternaia dianthi, Flower blight -
A.diathicola
Alternaia dianthi -Tiny purple spots enlarge, in to large lesions with a
purple margin and a yellow-green border surrounding a gray-brown
center covered with black spores Several lesions may expand and
coalesce to form large, irregular necrotic areas that eventually kill the
entire leaf. The branches are most frequently infected at the nodes and
branch base. These infection centers enlarge to form cankers, which
eventually girdle the stem, causing the branch to wilt and the girdled
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A.diathicola : Tan to dark brown lesions on sepals and petals . These
lesions are covered with dark brown powdery spores that are
disseminated by wind and rain. Extended wet periods with light night
rains favor outbreaks of this disease.
Management : spray with Mancozeb 0.2% or Copper oxy chloride@
0.2% or Propiconazole 0.1%

DISEASES OF TUBEROSE

1. Blight / Leaf and flower spot: Botrytis elliptica

Spots are orange to reddish brown and oval on the leaves. They coalesce
and blight the leaf. Infection starts from the lower leaves. If the disease
occurs early, the entire apical growth of the plant is killed. Flower buds
rot or open to distorted flowers with irregular brown flecks.
Favourable conditions: The disease spreads by rain, air currents and
gardeners. The fungussurvives as sclerotia in fallen flowers and
leaves.Optimum temperature for spore germination is 15.6°C. The
disease development is favoured at21°C.
Management :Dense planting, shady or low spots with little air
circulation should be avoided. The diseased plant parts should be
removed .Spraying with Bordeaux mixture 1.0 per cent for every 15 days
controls the disease.

DISEASES OF CARNATION

1. Fusarium wilt: Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. dianthi

Symptoms: In young plants, the first sign of the disease is fading or
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young stems. It is followed by eventual collapse of the whole plant.
When older plants are infected, similar symptoms are produced but the
older leaves may show chlorosis followed by an indistinct purple-red
discolouration. The vascular tissues of infected stems is stained dark
brown. Mature plants show wilt symptoms over a period of several
months before they die and eventually become straw coloured.
Favorable conditions: The pathogen is soil-borne and survives and
spreads through irrigation water.Warm temperature favours the disease.
Management: The diseased plants should be removed immediately after
noticing the disease. Soil drenching with Carbendazim @ 1 g / lit or
Difenoconazole@ 0.5 ml / lit at weekly intervals.Pseudomonas
fluorescens as soil application @ 15 g / m2 and foliar application @ 5 g /
lit at monthly intervals.Soil drenching with Bacillus amyloliquefaciens @
5 ml / lit atmonthly intervals Grafting of susceptible cultivars like Alice,
Fulvio Rosa, Gus Royalette and Johy. on to resistant rootstocks i.e.
Arancio 25D, Exquisite, Heidi and May Britt and growing in soil
naturally infested with fungus was also found to reduce the incidence of
disease.
2. Alternaria leaf spot: Alternaria dianthi
Symptoms: The chief symptom is blight or rot at leaf bases and around
nodes, which are girdled. Spots on leaves are ashy white. The centre of
old spots are covered with dark brown to black fungal growth. Leaves
may be constricted and twisted and the tip may be killed. Branches die-
back at the girdled area and black crusts of conidia are formed on the
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Favorable conditions : Conidia are spread during watering or in rains..
The conidia are carried by on cuttings. The disease is widespread in
humid weather.
Management: To reduce the disease incidence, humidity may be kept
low by providing proper air circulation. Disease-free planting material
should be used. Spray Tebuconazole @ 2 ml / lit or Propiconazole @ 2
ml / lit.• Bacillus subtilis as soil application @ 15 g / m2 followed by
foliarapplication @ 5 g / lit at monthly intervals.
3. Cottony rot: Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
Symptoms: Stems rotted; flower rot is similar to gray mold. Cottony,
white fungal mass may occur on rotted tissues. Black sclerotia may form
inside or outside the stem.
Favorable conditions Survives in soil and in infected plant debris
.Favored by high humidity.
Management : Spray foliage with iprodione or thiophanate-methyl@
0.1%
FUNGICIDES AND BACTERICIDES FOR PLANT DISEASE
MANAGEMENT
1.SEED TREATING FUNGICIDE
S.No Name of the Fungicide Dose
Captan 5 g/Seed
1.
Thiram 5 g/ Seed
2.
3. Carbendazim 5 g/Seed
4. Metalaxyl 5 g/ Seed

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2.Damping off
S.No Comman Concerntration Trade name Dose
Name
1. Bordeux 50 % WP
Mixture
2. Copper 50 % WP Fytolan, Blue 1% of
oxy Copper 2.5 g/L
Chloride
3. Metalaxyl 35 % WP Apron,Kiralaxyl 0.5 g/L
4. Metalaxyl 8%+ 64 % WP Apron,Kiralaxyl, 1% of
+Mancozeb Ridomil,Unilax, 2.5 g/L
Assult,Master

3.Anthracnose ,Fruit Rot ,Die Back and Scab

S.No Comman Concerntration Trade Name Dose

Name
1. Chlorothalanil 75% WP Kavach 2 g/
L
2. Carbendazim 50%WP Bavistin 1 g/
L
3. Benoyml 50%WP Benofit,Benolet 1 g/L
4. Thiopenate 70% WP Roko Mildivip 2 g/L
methyl
5. Difenaconazole 10% EC Score 0.75
g/L

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6. Captan 50 % WP Kohicap 2 g/L
7. Difolatan 80 % WP Foltaf 2g/L
8. Carbendazim 12 %+63 % WP Campanion Sap 2g/L
+Mancozeb
9. Zineb 75 % WP Z78 (Indofil Z 2 g/L
78)
10 . Ziram 27 % SL Cuman-L 2 g/L
11. Copper 77 % WP Kocide 101 1.5
Hydroxcide g/L
12. Propineb 70% WP Antracol 2 g/L
13. Hexaconazole 5 % EC Contaf 2 g/L
14. Iprodione + 25% WP+25% Quintol 2g/L
Carbendazim WP
15. Metiram 70%WG Polyram 2 g/L
16. Captan 70 % Taqat 2g/L
+Hexaconazole WP+5%WP
17. Fenomidone 10%+50%WP 60 WG 2g/L
+Mancozeb Sectin
18 Bittertanal 25%WP Baycor,daycor 1.5-
2.0
g/L
19. Triedimefon 25%WP Bayleon 1.5-
2.0
g/L

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4.Leaf Blight
5.Late blight & Phythium, Phytophthora
S.No Comman Concerntrations Trade Name Dose
Name
1. Wettable 80%WP Black Sulphur 3g/L
Sulphur ,Thiovit,Sultaf
2. Copper 77% WP Kocide 101 1.5 g/L
Hydroxcide
3. COC 50%WP Fytolan 2 g/L

4. Zineb 27%SC Indofil Z 78 2 g/L

5. Propiconazole 25%SC Tilt 1.5

ml/L
6. Hexaconazole 5EC Contaf 1.5ml/L

7. Tridemorph 80%EC Calixin 1.5ml/L

8. Propineb 70%WP Antrcol 2g/L

9. Penconazole 10%EC Topas 1.5
ml/L

5.Late blight & Phythium, Phytophthora

S.N Comman Concerntrat Trade Name Dose
o Name ions
1. Metalaxyl+Ma 8% Ridomil,Unilax, 2g/L
ncozeb +64%WP Assault,Master
64%WP
2. Cyamoxanil+ 8% Curzet 2g/L

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 Mancozeb +64%WP
3. Fosetyl -AL 80 %WP Aliette 1.5g/L
4. Dimethomorp 50%WP 50%WP 0.5g/L
h

6.Wilt and Root Rot

S.N Comman Concerntrat Trade Name Dose
o Name ions
1. Wettable 80%WP Black Sulphur 3 g/L
Sulphur ,Thiovit,Sultaf
2. Copper 77%WP Kocide 101 1.5 g/L
Hydroxide
3. Carbendazi 50%WP Bavistin 1.5 g/L
m
4. Ziram 27%SC Cuman L 2 ml/L

5. Benomyl 50 % WP Benlate,Bonofit 1.5g/L

6` Thiram 75%WP Thiride,Arasaan 1.5 g/L

7. COC 50%WP Fytolan,Blue 3 g/L

Copper
8. Copper 77%WP Kocide 101 2 g/L
hydroxcide
9. Ethoxy Emissan,Agalal,Ba 2g/L
Methyl galal
Mercuric
Chloride
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7.Leaf Spot
S.No Comman Concerntrations Trade Name Dose
Name
1. Carbendazim 50%WP Bavistin 1
g/L
2. Thiopenate 70%WP Roko,Mildivip 2
Methyl g/L
3. Chlorothalanil 75%WP Kavach 2g/L
4. Propiconazole 25%EC Tilt 1.5
g/L
5. Mancozeb 75%WP Diethane 2g/L
indofil M45
6. Difenaconazole 25%EC Score 2
ml/L
7. Metiram 70%WG Polyram 2g/L

8.Powdery Mildew
S.N Comman Concerntratio Trade Name Dose
o Name ns
1. Wettable 80%WP Black 2g/L
Sulphur Sulphur,Thiovot
,Sultaf
2. Difenoconaz 25%EC Score 1.5ml/L
ole
3. Dinocap 48% EC Karathene 1ml/L
4. Propiconazol 25%EC Tilt 1.5 ml/L

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 e
5. Penconazole 10%EC Topas 1.5ml/L
6. Tridemorph 80%EC Calixin 1.5 ml/L
7. Mycobutanil 10 %WP Systhene,Index 1.5 g/L
8. Tradimefon 25%WP Bayleton 1.5 g/L
9. Fenarimol 10%EC Rubigan 1.5 g/L
10. Flusilazole New Star 5 g/L
11. Tebuconazol 25.9% m/m Folicur 0.75-1
e EC ml/L

9.Rust
S.N Comman Concerntratio Trade Name Dose
o Name ns
1. Chlorothalanil 75%WP Kavach 2g/L
2. Wettable 80%WP Black 2g/L
Sulphur sulphur,Thiovot,
Sultaf
3. Difenaconazol 25%EC Score 1.5
e ml/L
4. Propiconazole 25%EC Tilt 1.5
ml/L
5. Benomyl 75%WP Benomyte 1.5 g/L
6. Bitertanol 25%WP Baycor,Apple 2 g/L
Scab
7. Triadimefon 25%WP Bayleton 2g/L

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10.Smut
S.No Comman Name Concerntrations Trade Dose
Name
1. Thiram 75%WP 3g/1 kg of
seed
2. Captan 50%WP 4g/seed

3 .Difenaconazole 25%EC Score 1 ml/L

4. Triadimenol 2g/L

5. Metalaxyl 35% Apron,Kir 0.5 g/L

alaxil

11.Blast
S.N Comman Concerntrati Trade Name Dose
o Name ons
1. Edifenphos 50%EC Hinosan 1.5 ml/L

2. Iprofenphos 48% EC Kitazan 1.5 ml/L

3. Tricyclozole 75%WP Beam,SIVIC,g 1.5 ml/L

ain
4. Carbendazim 50%WP Bavistin 3 g/L

5. Isoprothioline 40%EC Fuji 1 200ml/L

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12.Downy Mildew
S.N Comman Name Concerntrat Trade Name Dose
o ions
1. Bordeux Mixture 1%

2. COC 50%WP Fytolan,Blue 2g/Tree

Copper
3. Captan 50%WP Captan 2g/L

4. Metalaxyl+Manc 8%WP+64% Ridomil,Unila 2 g/L

ozeb WP x,Assault,Mast
er
5. Cyamoxnil+Man 8%WP+64% Curzate 2g/L
cozeb WP
6. Dimethomorph 50%WP Acrobat 0.5 g/L

7. Fosetyl -AL 80%WP Aliette 2g/L

13.SCAB
S.N Comman Name Concerntration Trade Name Dose
o s

1. Dodine 65%WP Syllit,Supersta 2g/L

r

2. Iprodione+Carben 25%WP+25% Quintol 2g/L

dazim WP

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Bacterial Diseases
1.Bacterial Leaf Blight ,Canker , Scab& Soft Rot

S.No Comman Name Concerntrations Trade Dose

Name
1. Copper oxy Fytolan 2g/L
Chloride+Strepto or
mycin 6g/50
Sulphate+Tetracycline litter

2.Bacterial rot and Wilt Disease

S.No Comman Concerntrat Trade Name Dose

Name ions
1. Ethoxy Emissan Agalal 2g/L
Methyl Bagalal)
Mercuric
Chloride

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