fungal plant pathogen, infecting tomatoes and aubergine. It causes brown root rot and corky root rot. Life cycle and appearance of Brown root rot,…
oomycete plant pathogen that causes blight and fruit rot of peppers and other important commercial crops. Life cycle and appearance of Blight of…
stripes are formed at the base of the leaf and the leaf sheath. They gradually extend and become brown and chlorotic and may merge. Eventually this…
becomes malformed and discoloured. The powdery pustules subsequently become grey and finally dark coloured. Shredding of flowers and poor fruit set…
Alternaria species is the asexual stage. Conidia and mycelium overwinter in the soil and on crop residues and cause primary infection of the leaves.…
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 range…
leaves become brown and dried leads to premature defoliation. Whitish growth of fungus on berries which later becomes leathery and shrivel and further…
Life cycle and appearance of Cottony soft rot Cottony soft root ( Sclerotinia sclerotiorum ) overwinters as sclerotia and mycelium in dead and living…
year after infection. Life cycle and appearance of Bacterial canker of tomato Clavibacter is seed-borne and tuber-borne and primary infection is…
watermelon and squash. Life cycle and appearance of Downy mildew Pathogens causing downy mildew are not fungi but Oomycetes and related to Pythium and…
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