About Lesson
Disease cycle:
- Saprophyte in nature
- Resting satge: zygospore
- Primary inoculum: zygospore, sporangiospore
- Secondary inoculum: wind borne conidia
- Transmission: air, water
Management
- Treat the seeds with thiram or carbendazim at 2g/kg.
- Control the caterpillars feeding on the heads.
- Spray the head with Mancozeb at 2kg/ha during intermittent rainy season and repeat after 10 days, if the humid weather persists.
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