Course no. - PATH - 365(New) Credit - 3(2+1)
Course title
- Diseases of Field and Horticultural crops and their management - II
Sr. No. |
Crop name |
Disease name |
Causal agent |
P. I |
S. I |
A) |
Field
crops |
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1. |
Wheat |
Rusts |
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a. Black/stem rust |
Puccinia graminis tritici |
Urediospores present in plant debris |
Teliospores through air |
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b. Brown/leaf
rust |
Puccinia recondita |
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c. Yellow/stripe rust |
Puccinia striformis |
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Loose smut |
Ustilago nuda |
Infected grains |
Teliospores through wind |
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Karnal bunt |
Neovossia indica |
Teliospoes in plant infected seeds |
Air borne sporidia |
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Powdery mildew |
Bumeria graminis |
Dormant mycelium in plant debris |
Wind borne conidia |
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Alternaria blight |
Alternaria triticina |
Infected seeds, plant debris |
Wind borne conidia |
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Ear cockle |
Anguina tritici |
Infected seeds |
Irrigation water |
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Leaf blotch |
Septoria tritici |
Plant debris |
Air borne conidia |
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2. |
Sugarcane |
Red rot |
Colletotrichum falcatum |
Infected sets |
Irrigation water |
Whip smut |
Ustilago scitaminea |
Sclerotia present in contaminated seeds |
Wind / rain splash |
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Wilt |
Cephalosporium sacchari |
Soil and infected sets |
Wind, rain and irrigation water |
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Grassy shoot |
MLO/Phytoplasma |
Infected setts |
Vector -
Aphid |
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Ratoon stunting |
Clavibacter xyli |
Infected setts |
Harvesting implements |
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Pokka boeng |
Fusarium moniliformae f.
sp. xyli |
Chlamydospores from infected plant debris |
Ascospores through air |
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B) |
Oil seed crops |
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3. |
Sunflower |
Sclerotinia stem rot |
Sclerotium rolfsii |
Sclerotia or plant debris |
Irrigation water, farm implements |
Alternaria blight |
Alternaria helianthi |
Infected seeds, plant debris
& weed hosts |
Wind borne conidia |
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Rust |
Puccinia helianthi |
Urediospores present in plant debris |
Teliospores through air |
Downy mildew |
Plasmopara halstidii |
Oospores in soil |
Wind borne sporangia and zoospores |
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Mossaic |
Sunflower mosaic virus |
Virus particles in infected seeds |
Vector -White fly (Bemissia
tabaci) |
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Necrosis |
Sunflower necrosis virus/ Tobacco streak virus |
Sap transmissible |
Vector - Thrips (Thrips tabaci) |
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Powdery mildew |
Erysiphae cichoracearum |
Ascospores in plant debris |
Wind borne conidia |
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4. |
Mustard |
Alternaria blight |
Alternaria brassicae |
Infected plant debris |
Air borne
conidia |
White rust |
Albugo candida |
Oospores in plant debris |
Zoospores & sporangia |
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Downy mildew |
Perenospora parasitica |
Oospores in plant debris |
Zoospores & sporangia |
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Sclerotinia stem rot |
Sclerotinia sclerotium |
Sclerotial bodies
as seed contaminants & in soil |
Irrigation water
& farm implements |
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C) |
Pulses |
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5. |
Gram |
Wilt |
Fusarim oxysporum f. sp.ciceri |
Chlamydospores in soil |
Irrigation water & farm implements |
Grey mould |
Botrytis cinera |
Sclerotial bodies as seed contaminants |
Air borne
spores |
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Ascochyta blight |
Ascochyta rabici |
Pycnidia present in plant debris |
Air borne conidia |
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Stem rot or root rot |
Rhizoctonia bataticola |
Sclerotial bodies
as seed contaminants & in soil |
Irrigation water
& farm implements |
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Stunt disease |
Chick pea stunt virus |
Infected plants |
Vector - Aphid (A.craccivora) |
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6. |
Pea |
Downy mildew |
Perenospora vicae |
Oospores in plant debris |
Zoospores & sporangia |
Powdery mildew |
Erysiphae pisi |
Dormant mycelium
& Pycnidia in infected plant debris |
Wind borne conidia |
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Rust |
Uromyces rabae |
Urediospores present in plant debris |
Teliospores through air |
Wilt |
Fusarium oxysporum f..sp pisi. |
Chlamydospores in soil |
Irrigation water & farm implements |
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7. |
Lentil |
Rust |
Uromyces fabae |
Urediospores present in plant debris |
Teliospores through air |
Wilt |
Fusarium oxysporum |
Chlamydospores in soil |
Irrigation water & farm implements |
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8. |
Linseed |
Rust |
Melamspora lini |
Urediospores present in plant debris |
Teliospores through air |
Alternaria bud blight |
Alternaria lini |
Infected plant debris |
Air borne
conidia |
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Powdery mildew |
Oidium lini |
Dormant mycelium
& Pycnidia in infected plant debris |
Wind borne conidia |
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Cercospora leaf blight |
Cercospora gossypina |
Infected plant debris |
Air borne
conidia |
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Alternaria leaf spot |
Alternaria melamspora |
Infected plant debris |
Air borne
conidia |
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Verticilium wilt |
Verticilium dahlae |
Sclerotia & dormant mycelium |
Air borne
conidia |
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D) |
Cash crop |
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9. |
Cotton |
Root rot |
Rhizoctonia bataticola |
Sclerotial bodies
as seed contaminants & in soil |
Irrigation water
& farm implements |
Vascular wilt |
Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. vasinfectum |
Chlamydospores in soil |
Irrigation water & farm implements |
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Anthracnose |
Colletotrichum
capsici |
Infected plant debris |
Air borne conidia |
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Black
arm/Angular leaf spot |
Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. malvacearum |
Bacterial cells
in infected seeds |
Wind & rain splash |
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Dahiya disease/ Grey mildew |
Mycospharela areola |
Infected plant debris |
Air borne
conidia |
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Leaf curl |
Cotton leaf curl
virus |
On alternate host |
Vector - White
fly (B. tabaci) |
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2-4-D Injury |
Post emergence
application of 2, 4 -D herbicide |
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- |
Redening/lalya |
Mg deficiency |
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- |
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Rust |
Phakospora gossypii |
Urediospores present in plant
debris |
Teliospores through air |
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Helminthosporium leaf spot |
Helminthosporium gossypii |
Infected seeds |
Air borne conidia |
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Boll rot |
Fusarium moniliformae |
Infected bolls |
Rain splashes, insects |
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Leaf spot |
Alternaria macrospora |
Infected plant debris |
Air borne
conidia |
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E) |
Horticultural crops |
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10. |
Mango |
Die back |
Botrioshaeria rhodina |
Infected plant debris |
Air borne
conidia |
Anthracnose |
Colletotrichum gleosporioides |
Infected plant debris |
Air borne conidia |
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Mango- malformation |
Fusarium
moniliformae |
Chlamydospores in soil |
Wind borne & Mite disseminated
micro and macro conidia |
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Bacterial blight |
Pseudomonas
syringae |
Infected plant debris |
Bacterial cells
through rain splashes |
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Powdery mildew |
Oidium mangiferae |
Dormant mycelium
& Pycnidia in infected plant debris |
Wind borne conidia |
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Spongy tissue |
Post harvest physiological disorder |
- |
- |
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Red
rust (algal disease) |
Cephaleurus virescens |
Algal filaments & sporangia in infected plant debris |
Rain splash sporangia & zoospores |
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Pink diseases |
Corticum salmonicolor |
Dormant mycelium in bark,
stem |
Conidia through rain splashes |
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Loranthus or giant mistletoes |
Loranthus sp. |
Seeds disseminated by
birds on the stem of host plant |
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Stone graft mortality |
Fusarium oxysporum |
Chlamydospores in soil |
Irrigation water
& farm implements |
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Lime induced chlorosis |
Lime deficiency |
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Sooty mould |
Capnodium ramosums |
Dormant mycelium in plant debris |
Wind borne conidia |
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11. |
Citrus |
Gummosis |
Phytopthora sp.(P.palmivora, P. citropthora, P. asiaticus, P.
nicotianae, P. parasitica, P syringe
) |
Oospores & dormant mycelium
in infected stem and plant parts |
Sporangia &
zoospores by rain splash and irrigation water |
Citrus canker |
Xanthomonas oxanopodis pv.
Citri |
Bacterial cells in
infected plant parts |
Autonomous dispersal through infected seedlings |
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Fruit rot |
Alternaria citri |
Infected plant debris |
Air borne conidia |
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Citrus greening |
Liberibacter asiaticus |
Bacterial cells through bud
woods & grafts |
Vector -
Citrus Psylla (Diaphorina citri) |
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Anthracnose |
Colletotrichum gloeosporioides |
Infected plant debris |
Air borne conidia |
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Tristeza |
Citrus tristeza virus |
Infected bud
woods & grafts |
Vector - Aphid (Toxoptera citricida) |
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Citrus exocortis |
Viroid (infectious entity smaller than virus, consist only
nucleic acid without protein coat) |
Infected bud
woods & grafts |
Vector - sap sucking insects |
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Scab of citrus |
Elsinoe fawceti |
Infected plant
parts |
Rain splash & wind borne conidia |
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Mottle leaf of citrus |
Zinc deficiency |
- |
- |
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Dry root rot |
Fusarium solani |
Chlamydospores in soil |
Irrigation water
& farm implements |
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12. |
Grape vine |
Downy mildew |
Plasmopara viticola |
Oospores in plant debris |
Zoospores & sporangia |
Powdery mildew |
Uncinula necator |
Dormant mycelium & Pycnidia in infected plant |
Wind borne conidia |
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debris |
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Anthracnose/ bird eye spot |
Elsinoe ampelina |
Infected plant debris |
Air borne
conidia |
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Bacterial canker |
Pseudomonas viticola |
Bacterial cells in
infected plant parts |
Autonomous dispersal through infected seedlings |
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Grapevine fan-leaf |
Grapevine fan leaf virus |
Virus present in planting materials |
Vector - Nematode
(Xiphenema index) |
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Alternaria leaf spot |
Alternaria vitis |
Infected plant debris |
Wind borne conidia |
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Rust |
Phakospora euvitis |
Teliospores in
plant debris, aeciospores on alternate host |
Wind borne spores |
13. |
Peach |
Leaf curl |
Taphrina maculans |
Infected plant debris |
Wind borne conidia |
14. |
Apple |
Scab |
Venturia inaequalis |
Ascospores in infected leaves |
Wind borne conidia |
Powdery mildew |
Podospharea leucotricha |
Dormant mycelium
& pycnidia in infected plant debris |
Wind borne conidia |
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Fire blight |
Erwinia amylovora |
Bacterial cells
in buds and woody tissues |
Vector- bees,
flies and ants |
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Crown gall |
Agrobacterium tumefaciens |
Bacteria enters through injury |
Irrigation water, farm implements |
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Mosaic |
Apple mosaic
virus |
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14. |
Strawberr y |
Leaf spot |
Mycospharella fragriae |
Infected plant debris |
Air borne
conidia |
F) |
Vegetables |
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15. |
Potato |
Early blight |
Alternaria solani |
Infected plant debris |
Wind borne conidia |
Late blight |
Phytopthora infestans |
Oospores in soil |
Wind borne sporangia & zoospores |
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Black
scurf/Stem canker |
Rhizoctonia solani |
Sclerotia present in soil |
Mycelium through irrigation water & farm implements |
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Leaf roll |
Potato leaf roll
virus |
Virus particles in infected tubers |
Vector -
Aphid (Myzus persicae) |
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Mosaic |
Potato virus X & Y |
Virus particles in infected tubers |
Mechanically
through farm implements |
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Potato scab |
Streptomyces scabies |
Dormant mycelium in
seed tubers & in soil |
Rain splash & irrigation
water |
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Soft rot |
Erwinia carotovaora |
Bacterial cells in infected tubers |
Irrigation water |
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Brown rot |
Ralstonia solanacearum |
Bacterial cells
in infected tubers |
Irrigation water |
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Potato spindle tuber |
Viroid (pstvd) |
Virus particles in infected tubers |
Transmitted by
pollen and beetles, bubs |
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Black heart |
Oxygen deficiency &
High temp. during field and
storage |
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16. |
Cucurbits |
Downy mildew |
Pseudoperenospora cubensis |
Oospores in soil |
Wind borne sporangia and zoospores |
Powdery mildew |
Erysiphae cichoracearum |
Dormant mycelium
& pycnidia in infected plant debris |
Wind borne conidia |
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Wilt |
Fusarium oxysporium f.sp.cubens |
Chlamydospores in soil |
Irrigation water & farm implements |
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Angular leaf spot |
Pseudomonas syringae |
Bacterial cells in infected seeds |
Wind & rain splash |
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Mosaic |
Cucumber mosaic virus |
Virus particles on weed &
collateral hosts |
Vector -
Aphid (A. craccivora) & beetles |
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Tospo |
Tospo virus |
On alternate host Watermelon, pumkin, cucumber |
Vector - Thrips (Thrips tabaci) |
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Cercospora leaf spot |
Cercospora citrulina |
Dormant mycelium in
infected plant debris |
Wind borne conidia |
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17. |
Onion |
Purple blotch |
Alternaria porri |
Infected plant debris |
Air borne conidia |
Stemphylium |
Stemphylium |
Infected plant |
Air borne conidia |
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blight |
vesicarium |
debris |
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Downy mildew |
Perenospora destructor |
Oospores in plant debris |
Zoospores & sporangia |
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Smut |
Uromyces cepulae |
Spore bolls
in soil & seed
bulbs |
Wind & irrigation water |
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Smudge |
Colletotrichum cercinans |
Infected plant debris |
Air borne conidia |
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Erwinia rot |
Erwinia carotovara |
Infected plant debris |
Irrigation water, rain splash |
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18. |
Garlic |
Neck and bulb rot |
Botritis alli |
Sclerotial bodies as seed contaminants |
Air borne spores |
Stemphylium blight |
Stemphilium vesicolor |
Infected plant debris |
Air borne conidia |
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Blemish |
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Black mould |
Aspergillus niger |
Infected seed scales |
Air, water borne conidia |
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19. |
Chilli |
Anthracnose and fruit rot |
Colletotrichum capsici |
Infected plant debris |
Air borne conidia |
Wilt |
Fusarium oxysporym |
Chlamydospores in soil |
Irrigation water & farm implements |
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Leaf curl |
Gemini virus |
Infested plants
& alternate hosts |
Vector -
White fly |
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Powdery mildew |
Levellula taurica |
Dormant mycelium
& pycnidia in infected plant debris |
Wind borne conidia |
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Damping off |
Pythium aphanedermatum |
Oospores in soil |
Irrigation water & farm implements |
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Wet rot |
Choanophora cucurbitarum |
Zoospores in seed & crop debris |
Irrigation water |
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Mosaic complex |
CucumberMosaic Virus & Tobacco Mosaic Virus |
Externally seed borne |
Mechanically |
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Cercospora leaf spot |
Cercospora capsici |
Dormant mycelium in plant parts |
Wind borne conidia |
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Bacterial leaf spot |
X. compestris pv. versicola |
Infested seeds |
Rain splash |
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20. |
Coriander |
Stem gall |
Protomyces macrosporus |
Ascospores & Chlamydospores in soil |
Irrigation water
& farm implements |
Powdery mildew |
Erysiphae polygoni |
Dormant mycelium &
Pycnidia in infected plant |
Wind borne conidia |
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debris |
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Wilt |
Fusarium oxysporum |
Chlamydospores in soil |
Irrigation water & farm implements |
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21. |
Turmeric |
Leaf spot |
Colletotrichum capsici |
Infected plant debris |
Air borne
conidia |
G) |
Ornamental crops |
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22. |
Marigold |
Botrytis blight |
Botrytis cinera |
Sclerotial bodies in soil |
Irrigation water & farm implements |
Alternaria blight |
Alternaria tagetica |
Infected plant debris |
Air borne
conidia |
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Powdery mildew |
Levellula taurica |
Dormant mycelium
& pycnidia in infected plant debris |
Wind borne conidia |
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23. |
Rose |
Dieback |
Botryodoplodia theobromae |
Pycnidia on diseased twigs |
Wind borne conidia |
Powdery mildew |
Sphacelotheca pannosa var. rosae |
Dormant mycelium
& Pycnidia in infected plant debris |
Wind borne conidia |
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Black leaf spot |
Diplocarpon rosae |
Infected plant debris |
Air borne conidia |
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Crown gall |
Agrobacterium tumefaciens |
Infected soil & plant debris |
Irrigation water & Rain splashes |
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Rust |
Phragnidum mucronatum |
Urediospores present in plant debris |
Teliospores through air |
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Alternaria leaf blight |
Alternaria alternata |
Infected plant debris |
Air borne
conidia |