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Fusarium wilt: Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.ciceri

Symptom

  • The disease can affect the crop at any stage.
  • The field symptoms of wilt are dead seedlings or adult plants, usually in patches.
  • At seedling stage, 3-5 weeks after sowing, whole seedlings collapse and lie flat on the ground with dull green leaves and shrunken stem.
  • Dark drown or dark discoloration of the internal stem tissues is visible.
  • At adult stage, drooping of petioles, rachis and leaflets and finally entire plant occurs.  
Management
  • Deep summer ploughing
  • Follow crop rotation measures continuously.
  • Always use disease free seeds.
  • Avoid sowing when temperatures are high.
  • Follow 6-year crop rotations with sorghum
  • Apply FYM 10-15 cart load/ha.
  • Seed treatment with T. viride @4g/kg or P. fluorescens @ 10g/ kg of seed or Carbendazim or Thiram 2g/kg of seed.
  • Spot drenching with Carbendazim 1g/lit or P. fluorescens / T. viride 2.5 kg/ha with 50 kg FYM.
  • Seed treatment with Carbendazim at the rate of 1g/kg of seed /
  • Seed treatment with Thiram + Carbandizm @ 1g+2g per kg of seed


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