Year: 2023

The miracle in agriculture – Precision farming

OBJECTIVEPrecision agriculture employs data from multiple sources to improve crop yields and increase the cost-effectiveness of crop management strategies including fertilizer inputs, irrigation management, and pesticide application.Aims and objectives of…

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Leaf miner Disease for Vegetable Crop

(Serpentine leaf miner: Liriomyza trifolii) Damage symptoms Drying dropping of leaves in severe cases Symptoms and Effects: The damage that results from leaf miner activity may appear as blisters, blotchy…

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Nematodes Disease of Plants  

      PATHOGEN: -Pratylenchus species Nematode is a widely recognized group of a distinct phylum Nematoda or Nemata under superphylum Ecdysozoa (all moulting animal group). HOSTS:   Over 400 host…

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Die-back and Anthracnose (fruit rot)

PATHOGEN: Colletotrichum sppDisease symptoms:Small, circular to irregular, brownish black scattered spots appear on leavesSeverely infected leaves defoliateInfection of growing tips leads to necrosis of branches from tip backwardsNecrotic tissues appear grayish white…

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Early blight of potato and tomato

PATHOGEN: Alternaria solaniDisease symptoms:Symptoms of early blight occur on fruit, stem and foliage of tomatoes and stem, foliage and tubers of potatoes.  Initial symptoms on leaves appear as small 1-2 mm…

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