Causes and management of tip burn problem in garlic crop

Causes and management of tip burn problem in garlic crop
  • Garlic is an important commercial crop grown in India. The problem of tip burn in garlic crops mainly appears at the time of crop development when the crop is close to the mature stage then the process of tip burning can be natural, but in young plant’s tip burn can happen due to many reasons. Possible causes include a lack of important nutrients in the soil, fungal infections, or sucking insects such as thrips, etc.

  • Heavy wind, excessive sunlight, excess salt in the soil and other environmental factors can cause garlic tips to burn. Given all the possible causes of leaves with brown, dry tips, it can be hard to pinpoint the origin of the problem. Remember, if you have taken care of all of the above problems, It could be fungal related.

  • To remedy the problem of tip burn, keep all the above things in mind, spray 200 ml per acre of neem oil 10000 ppm to protect against sucking insect leaf minors, thrips, etc.

  • Spray Fipronil 5% SC 400 ml or Thiamethoxam 25% WG 100 gm  + Tebuconazole 10% + Sulphur 65% WG 500 gm + Gibberellic Acid 0.001% 300 ml per acre.

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