Symptoms of anthracnose appear on both leaves and fruits. In the initial stage, yellow, round water-soaked spots appear on the leaves, later these spots mix together and become large and brown. Affected leaves dry up. Also, circular watery and light brown colored spots appear on the fruits and the fruits become hard.
Control: To control this disease, use treated seeds for sowing, and seed treatment with Bavistin (Carbendazim 50 WP) @ 2 grams per kg of seed. And if the outbreak of the disease is visible, spray M-45 (Mancozeb 75% WP) @ 2 gm/liter of water.
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