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Fusarium wiltFusarium oxysporum f.sp. vasinfectum

Symptoms

  • The conspicuous symptom is a typical wilt, beginning with a yellowing and stunting of the plant, followed by wilting and rolling of the leaves as if the roots were unable to supply sufficient water.
  • Finally, the plant dies.
  • If a diseased stem is split lengthwise, the vascular bundles appear as dark streaks.
  • When severely infected, nearly the whole stem is blackend.

Management

  • Treat the seeds with Mancozeb @ 3g/kg seed.
  •  Drench the field with Copper oxy chloride @ 0.25%.

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