- Adopt clean cultivation and crop rotation cultural practices to prevent this disease.
- Spray Mancozeb 75% WP at the rate of 400 gram/acre or
- Spray kitazin 48.0 w/w @ 400 ml/acre at 10-15 days intervals.
- Spray chlorothalonil 75% WP @ 300 gram/acre at 10 days intervals.
How to identify Alternaria leaf blight in bottle gourd?
Alternaria leaf blight in bottle gourd can be identified by the following symptoms-
- In the initial stages of this disease, Yellow spots appear on the leaves which then turn brown and finally turn black on ageing.
- They usually start from margins and then produce concentric rings.
- Severely affected vines start looking like burnt charcoal.