Measures to protect the Brinjal crop from bacterial wilt disease

  • Keep fields clean, and collect infected plants and destroy them.
  • This disease can be controlled by adopting crops like cauliflower, cabbage, mustard, radish in the crop cycle.
  • Pant Samrat variety is tolerant to this disease.
  • For prevention of this disease, Kasugamycin 5% + Copper oxychloride 45% WP @ 300 gm or Streptomycin sulfate IP 90% + tetracycline hydrochloride 10% W / W @ 20 gm or Kasugamycin 3% SL @ 300 ml per acre mixed in 200 liters of water and drenching near the roots. Or
  • Drenching near plant roots by mixing Kasugamycin 5% + Copper oxychloride 45% WP @ 250 grams per acre in 200 liters of water.
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How to identify Bacterial wilt in Brinjal crop

Bacterial wilt in Brinjal crop
  • In the afternoon, the plants can be seen wilting and look healthy at night, but the plants die soon.
  • Rotting of plants, dwarfing, yellowing of leaves, and finally dying of the entire plant are special symptoms of this disease.
  • An outbreak of this disease usually occurs in the form of flowers or fruits.
  • The lower leaves dry up and fall before the plants begin to thaw.
  • The color of the roots and lower part of the stem becomes dark brown.
  • A white-yellow milky leak can be seen in the stem after cutting.
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