Pest & Disease Control for your Crop
Early blight
Potato
Symptoms
- Brown-black necrotic spot-angular, oval shape characterized by concentric rings.
- Several spot coalesce & spread all over the leaf.
- Shot holes on fruits.
Preventive Measures
Grow resistant variety like Kufri chamatkar, Kufri Sindhuri.
Seed Treatment
Or
Control Measures
Mix in 200 liters of water and spray.
Or
Mix in 200 liters of water and spray.
Or
Mix in 200 liters of water and spray.
Or
Description
- The disease of potato occurring on the foliage at any stage and favored by warm temperatures and extended periods of leaf wetness from frequent rain, overhead irrigation, or dew.
- Early blight can develop quickly in mid to late season and is more severe when plants are stressed by poor nutrition, drought, other diseases, or pests.
- Each 1% increase in intensity can reduce yield by 1.36% and complete crop failure can occur when the disease is most severe.
- Yield losses of up to 20-30% have been reported.