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Pepperdiseases 170916084853
Pepperdiseases 170916084853
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More D.R.
• ANTHARCNOSE
• POWDERY MILDEW
• CERCOSPORA LEAF SPOT
• DAMPING OFF AND ROOT ROT
• ALTERNARIA LEAF SPOT & BLIGHT
• DIE BACK
• SCLEROTINIA(WHITE MOLD)
• BACTERIAL SPOT
• BACTERIAL WILT
• CUCUMBER MOSAIC
• TOBAMOVIRUSES
• TOSPOVIRUSES
• LEAF CURL
ANTHRACNOSE
COLLETOTRICHUM CAPSICI
Symptoms
Fruit symptoms as water soaked spots later turn tan red or brown.
Spots on fruits
Conditions for disease development
• Opti.temp-20˚C to 24˚C
• Free moisture
• Fog and Dew
• Rain disseminates the pathogen spores
• Fungi can survive in seeds and persist in leaf or stem lesions in plant lesions
POWDERY MILDEW
Leveillula taurica
Symptoms
Powdery growth on leaves on both side
Conditions for disease development
• Air borne conidia from previous crops or weeds carried long distances from wind
• High relative humidity is not required
• Warm temp. and low light conditions
CERCOSPORA LEAF SPOT (FROGEYE)
Cercospora capsici
Symptoms
Conditions for disease development
• Soil borne
• Can survive for long periods in soil on roots and debris
• Infects roots through wounds caused by transplanting and cultivation
• High temp.
• High soil moisture
• Spread in irrigation water, diseased transplants and in soil
TOBAMOVIRUSES ( TMV,ToMV,PMMV) Mechanical transmition
Symptoms
Conditions for disease development
• Vector:Whitefly
• Not mechanically transmitted
• Tomato plants can act as source for virus or vector near pepper area
VECTOR:WHITEFLY (Bemisia tabaci)
Symptoms
Conditions for disease development
• High humidity
• Fungi overwinters in or on infected plant debris or in soil
• Splashing irrigation water
• Wounding predisposition on fruits
SOUTHERN BLIGHT(SCLEROTINIA WILT/WHITE MOLD):Sclerotium rolfisii
SYMPTOMS
Conditions for disease development