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PATH 372 Diseases of Horticultural Crops

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Disease cycle<br />

P.I: Infected plant debris<br />

S.I: Air borne conidia<br />

Management<br />

Remove and destroy infected plant debris<br />

Treat rhizomes with COC@0.25% solution<br />

Spray Carbendazim@0.1% or Mancozeb@0.25%. during Aug-Dec along with<br />

sandovit@0.5 ml/lt<br />

Avoid excess shading<br />

Tolerant varieties: TS-2, TS-4, TS-9, TS-88<br />

3) Leaf blotch – Taphrina maculans<br />

Symptoms<br />

Appearance <strong>of</strong> large number <strong>of</strong> spots on both surfaces <strong>of</strong> leaf<br />

Spots first appear as pale yellow discolouration which gradually turn to reddish<br />

brown<br />

Spots lie between leaf veins and are rectangular, coalesce to form big irregular<br />

patches<br />

Survival and spread<br />

Infected plant debris<br />

Collateral hosts: Curcuma amada, C. angustifolia<br />

Favourable conditions<br />

Temperature <strong>of</strong> 21-23 0 C with 80% R.H.<br />

Management<br />

Collect and destroy diseased leaves<br />

Spray Mancozeb@0.25% or COC@0.25% at 20 days interval<br />

Resistant varieties: China (Curcuma domestica) and Jaweli (C. amada)<br />

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