like scab. These spots may be surrounded by a halo. In pepper, the spots on the leaves are also round and small to start with and slightly raised from…
Post-harvest storage at 0-1 o C. A. brassicae and A. brassicicola : adjust the sowing date to avoid conditions conducive to infection. In greenhouses:…
Black leg of seedlings Pythium belongs to the Oomycetes, a separate group of microorganisms and is therefore not a real fungus. It survives as…
controversa Dwarf bunt General Tilletia controversa is a plant pathogen. It is a fungus known to cause the smut disease TCK smut in soft white and…
are spores with flagellae, which enable them to move through water. Infection is usually from the root to the foot, but direct infection of the foot…
appearance of Damping-off Pythium belongs to the Oomycetes, a separate group of microorganisms and is therefore not a real fungus. It survives as…
your crop Damage symptoms How to prevent Root and crown rot of strawberry Avoid stress: Take runner tips at the right stage to avoid stress and make…
the whole kernel becomes a bunt ball full of teliospores. These balls break during harvest allowing the teliospores to fall to the ground.…
Damage symptoms How to prevent Verticillium wilt Start with clean soil or substrate by heating it at a temperature if at least 65 o C for a minimum of…
solanacearum is a plant pathogenic bacterium. It is a soil-borne disease and colonises the xylem, causing bacterial wilt and brown rot in a very wide…
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