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PATH 372 Diseases of Horticultural Crops

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DISEASES OF BEANS<br />

1) Anthracnose – Colletotrichum lindemuthianum<br />

Symptoms<br />

All the above ground parts are affected at any stage <strong>of</strong> crop growth. However, the<br />

characteristic symptoms appear on pods<br />

On cotyledons spots are sunken dark brown or black with pink spore mass<br />

Seedling infection results in collapse <strong>of</strong> seedling<br />

Spots on leaves appear on lower side and are black. Later these may also appear on<br />

upper surface. When the infection is severe, the affected plants wither <strong>of</strong>f.<br />

Black, sunken, circular spots <strong>of</strong> varying sizes appear on pods with bright red,<br />

yellow or orange margins<br />

The centre <strong>of</strong> these spots later turns grey or pink due to sporulation <strong>of</strong> the<br />

pathogen. The border <strong>of</strong> these spots appear raised<br />

Survival and spread<br />

P.I: Through seed and collateral hosts<br />

S. I: Conidia by splashing rain water or air borne conidia<br />

Host range: All vegetable beans and cowpea, mungbean, blackgram etc.<br />

Management<br />

Use healthy seed for planting<br />

Seed treatment with Carbendazim@2g/kg seed<br />

Protect the crop by spraying 0.2 % Benlate or Bavistin or Zineb or Maneb<br />

@2Kg/ha at 7-10 days interval<br />

2) Rust<br />

On Beans: Uromyces phaseoli typica<br />

On cowpea and others: U. phaseoli vignae<br />

On dry bean: Uromyces appendiculatus<br />

Autoecious macrocyclic rust, i.e., produces all the stages on bean plant<br />

Symptoms<br />

The symptoms mostly appear on leaves, though <strong>of</strong>ten they are found on petiole and<br />

stem <strong>of</strong> some hosts<br />

The rust pustules appear on either sides but more common on lower surface.<br />

The Uredosori are minute, roundish, slightly raised and reddish brown coloured.<br />

These contain rust spores and appear in groups<br />

Later in the season with the formation <strong>of</strong> teliospores, the sori turn dark brown or<br />

black.<br />

Diseased leaves may wither or fall <strong>of</strong>f under severe infection<br />

Pathogen<br />

Uredospores are echinulate, oval and yellowish brown in colour and the teliospores<br />

are dark brown coloured, elliptical and ovate, pedicillate, smooth walled, single celled<br />

with warty papillae at the top.<br />

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