Necessary advice to protect horticulture crops from the outbreak of pests and disease

Necessary advice to protect horticulture crops from the outbreak of pests and disease
  • Horticulture crops like fruits, vegetables, etc. are prone to many types of pests and diseases, due to which there is a lot of damage to the crops.

  • The damage caused by insects, sucking of sap from leaves, stems, flowers and fruits, eating soft tender leaves and stems, deforming flowers and fruits, holes in stems and fruits, cutting roots of plants, etc.

  • In diseases, there may be problems like fall of flowers, rotting and wilting of roots, stunted growth of plants, etc.

  • To avoid all these problems, the farmers should take precautions.

  • For sowing use disease resistant varieties.

  • Cultivation of intercropping crops is effective in disease management, For example, cowpea can be cultivated for the control of yellow vein mosaic virus disease in okra. To control nematodes in tomatoes, the marigold crop can be taken together.

  • For the management of fungal diseases, seeds must be treated with Trichoderma virdi, Trichoderma harzianum.

  • Use of pseudomonas for bacterial diseases.

  • For diseases, chemicals like carbendazim, mancozeb, propiconazole etc. can be used.

  • For viral diseases, pick up the diseased plants and burn them.

  • Spray recommended insecticides for the control of sucking pests.

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