Powdery mildew: Oidium heveae
Symptoms:
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White powdery fungal growth appears on young leaves and also on matured leaves.
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Infected leaves curl, crinkle, role inwards and fall off leaving the petiole attached to the tree giving a broom stick appearance.
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The infected flowers and tender fruits shed.
Management:
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Spary sulphur 3-5 times at 15 days interval.
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Carbendazim 0.1% or Tridemorph 1.5% dusting alternated with sulphur dust 70%
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Carbendazim +wettable sulphur and microsul (52% EC) is also effective.
Image source
http://rubberdisease.blogspot.in/, http://www.apsnet.org/publications/imageresources/Pages/
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Infected plant |
Powdery fungal growth on leaves |
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