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Chenthal disease / leaf blight – Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

Cardamom
Chenthal disease / leaf blight – Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Symptom Elongated, water soaked lesions of varying size appear on the upper surface of the leaf. The spots becomes brown to dark with pale yellow hole. Leaves wither and pseudo stem wilts. New shoots which develop are reduced in size. Flowers fail to develop. The inflorescence dry up stating from tip downwards. The affected garden shows burnt appearance. Management Removal and destruction of affected leaves Three sprays with carbendazim 0.1% (or) Mancozab 0.2% (or) copper oxychloride 0.25% at 30 days interval.

Symptom

  • Elongated, water soaked lesions of varying size appear on the upper surface of the leaf.
  • The spots becomes brown to dark with pale yellow hole. Leaves wither and pseudo stem wilts.
  • New shoots which develop are reduced in size. Flowers fail to develop.
  • The inflorescence dry up stating from tip downwards. The affected garden shows burnt appearance.

Management

  • Removal and destruction of affected leaves
  • Three sprays with carbendazim 0.1% (or) Mancozab 0.2% (or) copper oxychloride 0.25% at 30 days interval.