The following points highlight the five major diseases of barnyard millet with its management. The diseases are: 1. Head Smut 2. Grain Smut 3. Kernel Smut 4. Leaf Spot or Blight 5. Leaf Blast. Barnyard Millet: Disease # 1. Head Smut: Head smut of barnyard millet is known to be caused by Ustilago crusgalli. It also infects E. colonum in [...]
In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Introduction to Phomopsis Vexans 2. Materials and Methods of Phomopsis Vexans 3. Results and Discussion. Introduction to Phomopsis Vexans: The Phomopsis leaf blight and fruit-rot caused by Phomopsis vexans (Sacc. & Syd.) Harter, (Tel: Diaporthe vexans Gratz) is a very destructive disease of brinjal and considered to be the major constraint for [...]
The following points highlight the four major diseases of foxtail millet with its management. The diseases are: 1. Blast 2. Rust 3. Smut 4. Downy Mildew. Foxtail Millet: Disease # 1. Blast: Blast caused by Pyricularia setariae was reported from Tamil Nadu in 1919, though Nishikado recorded this disease in Japan during 1917. Since then the disease is known to [...]