leaf curl disease – Gramophone

Leaf turning in chilli (leaf curl)

Pests such as aphids, thrips, mites, and whiteflies cause leaf curls on chili plants with their feeding activities.
Mature leaves can grow, dry, or fall out in mottled or mutilated areas, but the leaves fed during growth are twisted or twisted randomly.
To solve this problem, spray Prevental BV @ 100 gram / acre or Fipronil @ 5% SC @ 400 ml / acre.
Spray Acephate 50% + imidacloprid 1.8% SP @ 400 gram / acre or lambda cyhalothrin 4.9% CS @ 300 ml / acre.
Metrazium @ 1 kg / acre or Bavaria basiana at the rate of 250 gm/acre

This leaf curl disease is caused by the virus and the spread of this disease is done by the vector whitefly.
This whitefly also acquires viruses while sucking the leaves and transmits the viruses in them while sucking with healthy leaves.
To control this, Diafenthiuron 50% WP @ 15 grams per 15 liters of water dissolving and spray on the leaves. Or
Spray on leaves Pyriproxyfen 10% + Bifenthrin 10% EC @ 15 ml or Acetamiprid 20% SP @ 8 gm on dissolving in 15 liters of water.

Symptoms of leaf curl appear only on the leaves. affected leaves become small and corrugated.
Deformity of leaves and yellowing of veins are common symptoms of the disease.
Affected leaves turn downwards and as a result they appear to be inverted cups, which is a special symptom of leaf curl.
The leaves become thick, brittle and rough on the upper surface due to overgrowth. Flowering occurs less in diseased plants. In the severity of the disease, the leaves fall and the plant stops growing.