PATH 372 Diseases of Horticultural Crops
PATH 372 Diseases of Horticultural Crops
PATH 372 Diseases of Horticultural Crops
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1) Purple blotch – Alternaria porri<br />
LECTURE 13<br />
DISEASES OF ONION<br />
Symptoms<br />
Minute whitish dots on the leaves with irregular chlorotic areas on tip portions<br />
Circular to oblong, concentric velvety rings appear in the chlorotic area<br />
Sometimes yellow halo is seen around lesions<br />
Spots coalesce and leaves die from tip backwards<br />
Diseased leaves break at point <strong>of</strong> infection & hang down<br />
Infection also seen on outer scales <strong>of</strong> bulb, seed stalk and neck<br />
Severely infected crop dries up<br />
Bulbs become dry and papery<br />
Survival and spread<br />
P.I: Plant debris and seed bulb<br />
S.I: Air-borne conidia<br />
Favourable conditions<br />
Warm humid weather with rains or heavy dew<br />
Management<br />
Select disease free bulbs for planting<br />
ST with thiram @3g/kg seed<br />
Spray mancozeb@0.2% or chlorothalonil@0.2%<br />
2) Smudge – Colletotrichum circinans<br />
Symptoms<br />
Chiefly a disease <strong>of</strong> scales <strong>of</strong> bulb. Red scaled onions are usually resistant to the<br />
smudge due to the presence <strong>of</strong> protocatacheuic acid and catechol<br />
Damping <strong>of</strong>f in seed bed under wet and warm conditions<br />
Disease appears at all stages and also during storage and transportation<br />
Sub-cuticular, dark green to almost black smudge appear on the bulb, neck or<br />
green leaves that are clinging to bulb after digging<br />
Circular lesions with concentric rings <strong>of</strong> dark stromata and mycelium appear on<br />
leaves<br />
Small, sunken and yellow lesions on inner scales<br />
Pinkish mass <strong>of</strong> fungal growth on lesions under humid conditions<br />
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