- Destroy infected plants and plant debris.
- Use of disease-free seed.
- Seed treatment with carbendazim @ 2 gm/kg seeds before sowing.
- Use Propiconazole 25% EC @ 80-100 ml/acre when the disease appears on the muskmelon plant.
Identification of fusarium crown and foot rot disease in muskmelon crop
- Diseases are more common in sandy soil.
- The plant shows a distinctive dark brown necrotic rot of the crown and upper portion of the taproot.
- This decay extends around the stem and girdles the plant.
- The affected area turns soft and mushy
- affected plants show wilting symptoms
Control of Blight and Foot Rot in Pea Crop
- Use healthy seeds and treat them with Carbendazim+Mancozeb @ 250 Gm/ quintals seed before sowing.
- Spray infected crop with Mancozeb 75% @ 400 gm/Acre at flowering and afterwards at 10-15 days intervals . or
- Spray infected crop with Thiophanate methyl 70% Wp @ 250 gram/acre.or
- Spray infected crop with Chlorothrlonil 75% WP @ 250 gram/acre.
- Remove diseased plants and destroy them.
- Maintain proper drainage.
Identification of Blight and Foot Rot in Pea Crop
- Small, purple spots appear on leaves which may enlarge, turn brown and become zonate with a definite margin.
- Similar lesions also appear on the stem which elongate and coalesce causing browning or blackening of stem.
- On the pods, lesions are tan or brown in colour and irregular having a dark margin.
Control of Blight and Foot Rot in Pea Crop
Control of Blight and Foot Rot in Pea Crop:-
Symptoms:-
- Small, purple spots appear on leaves which may enlarge, turn brown and become zonate with a definite margin.
- Similar lesions also appear on the stem which elongate and coalesce causing browning or blackening of stem.
- On the pods, lesions are tan or brown in colour and irregular having a dark margin.
Control:-
- Use healthy seeds and treat them with Carbendazim+Mancozeb @ 250 Gm/ quintals seed before sowing.
- Spray infected crop with Mancozeb 75% @ 400 gm/Acre at flowering and afterwards at 10-15 days intervals .
- Remove diseased plants and destroy them.
- Maintain proper drainage.
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