Protect Soybean crop from Anthracnose or Pod Blight

  • It is a seed and soil-borne disease.

  • If the infected seed is planted, early disease development may result in damping-off (plant death by seed or seedling rot).

  • During the flowering stage of soybean, red to dark brown irregularly shaped spots appear on the stem, petiole and pod.

  • Later these spots get filled with black structures (acervulai) and small thorn-like structures of the fungus.

  • Symptoms of this disease are yellow-brown veins on leaves, curling and falling.

How to control Anthracnose or Pod Blight in Soybean crop:

  • Healthy seeds should be selected for sowing.

  • The seed should be treated with Vitavax(Thiram+Carboxin) @ 2 g/kg of seed before sowing.

  • Continuous sowing in the same plot should be avoided.

  • Spray the crop with Carmanova (Carbendazim 12% +Mancozeb 63% WP)@ 400 Gm/Acre at 10-15 days intervals, first spray be given on the appearance of symptoms.

  • In Several Attacks, spray the crop with Tebuconazole 25.9% EC @ 200 ml/Acre.

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