How to save Guava tree from wilt disease

  • The first external symptom of the disease is the appearance of yellow coloration with slight curling of the leaves of the terminal branches.
  • In the later stage, the leaves turn yellow to discoloration of leaves and fall prematurely.
  • Some of the twigs become bare and fail to bring forth new leaves or flowers and eventually dry up.
  • The disease can be kept under check by proper sanitation in the orchard. Wilted trees should be uprooted, burnt and trench should be dug around the tree trunk.
  • Proper sanitation in the garden can keep the disease under scrutiny. The infected trees should be uprooted, burnt, and dug between the trunk of the tree.
  • While planting 5 kg per pit manure which is treated with Aspergillus niger NA-7 or Trichoderma viridi, and 10 kg per pit in old plants.
  • Make bassin around the guava plant and drenching with 2-gram Carbondazim in one liter of water.
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