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PATH 372 Diseases of Horticultural Crops

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LECTURE 12<br />

DISEASES OF BETELVINE<br />

1) Wilt – (Phytophthora, Sclerotium and Fusarium)<br />

Symptoms<br />

Sclerotium<br />

Collar region is usually infected<br />

White mycelial growth over the infected area <strong>of</strong> stem on which small mustard seed<br />

like sclerotia appear<br />

Shredding <strong>of</strong> infected bark<br />

Vine wilts and totally dries <strong>of</strong>f<br />

Phytophthora parasitica<br />

The disease is characterized by darkening <strong>of</strong> basal stem. Soon the wine wilts<br />

accompanied by yellowing <strong>of</strong> leaves and drooping <strong>of</strong> vines, starting from tip<br />

downwards.<br />

Infection from soil level spread upwards reaching 2 nd or 3 rd internode.<br />

Roots <strong>of</strong> affected plants are discoloured, rotted, starting from smaller roots and<br />

spreading to the stem<br />

Management<br />

Destruction <strong>of</strong> dead vines<br />

Long crop rotation with non hosts<br />

Deep summer ploughing<br />

Green manuring before planting<br />

Application <strong>of</strong> Trichoderma viride, 2kg mixed in 50 kg <strong>of</strong> FYM<br />

Drench the soil with 1% BM<br />

2) Anthracnose/Leaf spot/Marginal blight: Colletotrichum capsici<br />

Symptoms<br />

Light to dark brown irregular spots on leaves surrounded by diffuse chlorotic halo<br />

Marginal leaf tissue becomes black, necrotic and gradually spreads towards the<br />

centre<br />

Circular, black lesions may girdle the stem culminating in death <strong>of</strong> the vine<br />

Management<br />

Spray 1% BM or COC@0.3% at 15 days interval<br />

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