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Agricultural crops :: Cereals :: Cumbu
Head Mold: Various fungi
Symptom
  • Pink, white, brown or grey fungal growth on grain. Apparently asymptomatic seed may be contaminated.
  • Many pathogens cause grain molds.
  • Grain molds on pearl millet tend to be more severe with humid conditions during grain fill and if grain harvest is delayed  
  • Several fungi cause grain molds, and these differ by the region of cultivation, crop management, environmental conditions prior to harvest, and storage conditions.
Management
  • Spray mancozeb 1kg/ha or Captan 1kg +Aureofungisol 100g/ha if intermittent rainfall  occurs during earhead emergence, a week later and during milky stage.

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