S.No. |
Disease |
Pathogen |
Symptoms |
Method of Application* |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Bacterial spot |
Xanthomonas campestris |
brown lesions on leaf undersides, with cracked/open fruits |
Drench / Drip |
2 |
Sudden wilting |
Pythium sp. |
yellow wilted leaves, and sudden reduction in foliage, producing small fruits |
Drench / Drip |
3 |
Damping off |
Pythium sp. |
does not let seeds germinate, with wilted dark stems near the soil line that easily perish |
Drench / Drip |
4 |
Powdery mildew |
Leveillula taurica |
dusty white velvety coating on leaves and fruit |
Spray / Drench / Drip |
5 |
Root knot nematodes |
Meloidogyne sp. |
gall formation on the roots, reducing plant life |
Drench / Drip |
6 |
Anthracnose |
Colletotrichum sp. |
small straw coloured spots, that may merge to form large necrotic patches causing yellow wilted leaves; the lesions may crack from the center and turn gray or brown |
Spray |