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 [...]
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 [...]