Black Gram Disease — Blackgram D9
- Chlorosis, crinkling and curling of leaves
- hortened petioles and internodes.
- Stunted plant with dark green leaves.
- Delayed flowering with malformed flower buds.
- Survival: Seed-borne
- Spread: Sap and insect vectors - Bemesia tabaci, Aphis craccivora and A. gossypii
- Infects cowpea, mothbean and weed host.
- High temperature
- Removal of weed hosts
- Seed treatment with Dimethoate 30 EC (or) Imidacloprid 600 FS @ 5 ml /kg of seed
- Rogue out the infected plants up to 45 days
- Foliar spray of notchi leaf extract 10% at 30 DAS or neem formulation 3 ml/lit
- Spray any one of the following insecticides and repeat after 15 days, if necessary.
