is an important plant pathogen that inhabits the soil, and is responsible for root and stem rot, wilting and damping-off of seedlings. It has a wide…
plants that are in a sub-optimal condition or suffer from stress, caused for example by too much water, too high or low temperatures or sudden…
Solaneceaous crops can be planted for five years. On other fields on the same farm, no seed potatoes can be grown for one year after infection. Life…
infection of the leaves. Survival can be several years, up to eight years for several Alternaria spp. Typically, Alternaria causes early blight of…
rot. Solution Finder Find solutions for your crop Damage symptoms How to prevent Black root rot of cucurbits Test for the presence of Phomopsis…
Soil moisture between field capacity and permanent wilting point is best for infection. Damage symptoms Plantsinfected by Tilletia tritici and…
fungus also infects seeds and tubers, thereby creating a source of infection for the next crop. The dispersal to neighbouring plants is by mycelial…
shed the leaves that are severely infected. Humid conditions are conducive for lesion expansion. On the stems, long, narrow cankers appear, which…
develop most rapidly at temperatures below 20 °C and the spores require water for dispersal. Damage symptoms Ascochyta pisi causes spots on leaves,…
but the fungus prefers low temperatures. Therefore, optimal temperatures for disease development lie between 15 and 20 °C. Development reduces at…
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