S.No. | Disease |
Pathogen |
Symptoms |
Method of Application* |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Bacterial spot |
Xanthomonas campestris |
small yellow leaf spots which expand to distorted brown lesions that dry out forming curled and distorted leaves |
Spray |
2 |
Soft rot |
Erwinia carotovora, Erwinia chrysanthemi, Pseudomonas marginalis, |
sunken gray-orange root lesions softens and collapses the tissue |
Drench / Spray |
3 |
Damping off |
Pythium sp. |
Causes soft, rotting seeds that fail to germinate; water soaked reddish lesions encircle the stem at the soil line collapsing the seedlings |
Drench |
4 |
Powdery mildew |
Erisyphe |
powdery growth on foliage with severe infections accounting for distorted leaves |
Spray |
5 |
Root knot nematodes |
Meloidogyne |
gall formation on the roots, reducing plant life |
Drench / Drip |