Pest & Disease Control for your Crop
Early blight
Tomato
Symptoms
- Dark brown spots with ring like structure on lower leaves.
- Similar spots also on stem.
- Early defoliation (falling of young leaves).
- Infections occur first on oldest leaves.
Preventive Measures
Use resistant or tolerant cultivars. Change the nursery beds location every season.
Eradicate weeds and volunteer tomato.
fertilize properly.
Avoid planting overlapping crops in adjacent area.
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
- Early blight is one of the most common tomato diseases, occurring nearly every season and affects at all stages.
- Disease develops at moderate to warm (18-26°C) temperatures (27-30°C optimum), Rainy weather or heavy dew, 90% humidity or greater conditions.
- Each 1% increase in intensity can reduce yield by 1.36%, and complete crop failure can occur when the disease is most severe.