Agricultural Pathology Essentials: Rahul’s Quick Guide for Master’s Prep
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Disease and their causative agent in various vegetables

Bean

a) Anthracnose: Colletotrichum lindemuthianum

b) Rhizoctonia web blight: Rhizoctonia solani

c) Angular leaf spot: Icariopsis griseola

 

Cabbage, Cauliflower and knol-khol

a) Damping off : Rhizoctonia solani, Phytopthora spp. And Pythium spp.

b) Black rot: Xanthomonas campestris var. campestris

c) Curd rot: Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

d) Stalk rot: Sclerotia sclerotiorum

e) Downy mildew: Perenospora parasitica

f) Fruit rot and leaf blight: Phytopthora spp.

g) Anthracnose or die-back: Colletotrichum capsica

h) Club root of cabbage: Plasmodiophora brassicae

 

Cucurbita

a) Powdery mildew: Erysiphe cichoracearum

b) Anthracnose: Colletotrichum lagenarium

c) Downy mildew: Pseudoperospora cubensis

 

Pea

a) Powdery mildew: Erysiphe polygoni

b) Rust: Uromyces pisis and U. fabae

c) Alternaria blight: Alternaria solani

d) Septoria leaf blight: Septoria lycopersici

e) Bacterial wilt: Ralstonia solanacearum and Pseudomonas solanacearum

f) Bacterial canker: Clavibacter michiganense

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