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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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