Root rot and stem rot Macrophomina phaseolina Bacterial wilt Pseudomonas solanacearum 1. ROOT ROT and STEM ROT – Macrophomina phaseolina Symptoms The fungus attacks the stem at the nodal region, causing shredding of the bark. In mature plants, necrotic lesions on the leaves appear at the apex and along their margins. Pycnidia are formed on […]
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Diseases Of Sorghum Plant – Agricultural study material
DISEASES OF SORGHUM DISEASES CAUSAL ORGANISM Charcoal rot Macrophomina phaseolina Downy mildew / leaf shredding Perenosclerospora sorghi Rust Puccinia purpurea Grain smut / kernal smut / covered smut Sporisorium sorghi Loose smut Sporisorium cruenta Long smut Tolyposporium ehrenbergii Head smut Sporisorium reiliana Ergot / sugary disease Claviceps sorghi Leaf blight Helminthosporium turcicum Rectangular leaf spot […]
PEST IN CUCURBITATIOUS VEGETABLES – CUCUMBER, WATERMELONS, SQUASH AND PUMPKIN, GUARDS – Free Online Studymaterial
family of chiefly herbaceous tendril-bearing vines (order Campanulales) that are characterized by an inferior ovary and anthers usually united and that include food plants (as the cucumber, melon, squash, and pumpkin), drug plants (as the colocynth), and ornamental plants (as the gourds) Fruit flies (Tephritidae: Diptera) Bactrocera dorsalis: Adult is a reddish-brown fly with lemon-yellow […]