Agri Diseases

Diseases of Cumbu, Pearl, Millet, Bajra – Agricultural study materials

DISEASES OF CUMBU/PEARL MILLET/BAJRA DISEASES CAUSAL ORGANISM Downy mildew or green ear Sclerospora graminicola Ergot or sugary disease Claviceps fusiformis Smut Tolyposporium penicillariae Rust Puccinia penniseti 1. DOWNY MILDEW/GREEN EAR – Sclerospora graminicola Symptoms The first symptom appears in seedlings at 3-4 leaf stage. Affected leaves show patches of light green to light yellow colour […]

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Pest Affecting Tomoto Production – Free Online Agri Studymaterial

TOMATO Fruit borer Helicoverpa armigera (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera) It is a major pest of tomato. Main hosts are gram, cotton, citrus, indigo, cowpea, groundnut, linseed, sunflower, bhendi, chilli, millets, tobacco, etc.  Young larvae feed on tender foliage and full-grown caterpillars attack fruits.  They make circular boreholes and thrust their head inside fruit and eat inner contents.  […]

Insects

Pest Affecting Brinjal Production – Free Online Agri Studymaterial

BRINJAL Shoot and fruit borer Leucinodes orbonalis (Pyraustidae: Lepidoptera) Leucinodes orbonalis is the most important and destructive pest of brinjal. It starts damaging brinjal plant, few weeks after transplantation.  Larva bores into tender shoots and causes withering of terminal shoots or dead hearts.  It also bores into petioles of leaves, flower buds and developing fruits […]

Insects

Pest Affecting Cardomom and Betelvine – Pest control Studymaterial

CARDAMOM Shoot/panicle/capsule borer Conogethes punctiferalis (Pyraustidae: Lepidoptera) It is a serious pest of nurseries in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala. Alternate hosts are castor, turmeric, guava, mulberry etc. Larvae bore in to pseudostem of seedlings and feed on nursery plants and young tillers in plantation.  Infestation is indicated by the presence of entry holes plugged […]