Identification of Blight and Foot Rot in Pea Crop

Identification of Blight and Foot Rot in Pea Crop

Blight – In this disease, there are dark brown spots on the leaves. The spots on the stems are long, suppressed, and purple-black in color. that spots merge and surround the entire stem. Red or brown irregular spots appear on the pods. In the acute stage of the disease, the stem starts to weaken.

  • Footrot: – This disease causes a lot of damage to the peas crops,  stems are highly affected by this disease, infected plants are yellow, and crops get destroyed before maturation. This disease is caused by soil-borne pathogens through roots.
  • Use Mancozeb 75% WP @ 600 gram / acre or Carbendazim 12% + Mancozeb 63% @ 300 gram/ acre.
  • Thiophanate Methyl 70%   W / W @ 300 gram / acre or chlorothalonil 75% WP @ 400 gram / acre.
  • As a biological treatment, spray Trichoderma viride @ 500 gram / acre or Pseudomonas fluorescens @ 250 gram / acre.
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