The following points highlight the seven major diseases of finger millet with its management. The diseases are: 1. Blast 2. Seedling Blight 3. Wilt or Foot Rot 4. Cercospora Leaf Spot 5. Downy Mildew or Green Ear Disease 6. Smut 7. Damping-Off. Finger Millet: Disease # 1. Blast: Of the several fungal diseases that affect finger millet crop, blast disease [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]