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THE CROP DISEASES OF SIKKIM
HIMALAYAS |
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CROP: PEA
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Scientific Name |
Pisum sativum |
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State/World wide |
Sikkim, Orissa, West Bengal, Bihar,
Karnataka,Maharasthra, Gurjurat, Meghalaya, Punjab, Hariyana .
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Common Name of Disease:
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POWDERY MILDEW |
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Local Name of Disease |
- Kharaney bimar |
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Causal Organism |
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Erysiphe polygoni |
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Distribution of Disease in Sikkim
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Disease appears during winter season due to dry season in
all the locations.
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Disease Incidence |
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Low to medium |
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Site of Infection |
- Leaves and other green parts of
plant.
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Dissemination of the Disease |
-The dissemination of
disease lakes place through wind.
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Symptoms
Flour like white growth occurs mostly on
the upper surface of the leaves. Severely infected leaves
dry off. Powdery mildew is severe in dry weather/ climate.
Being Ectoparasite only superficial mycelial growth is seen.
In Sikkim condition disease appears during the first week of
January when the weather is dry coinciding with the pod
formation.
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Favourable environmental condition for
disease
The
disease is transmitted from the affected plant to a healthy
by the wind.
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Mode of
transmission
The
disease is transmitted from the affected plant to a healthy
by the wind.
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Life cycle of
Organism -
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Plant Protection
Measures
Spray wettable sulphur @ 3g/lit water.
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| Bioinformatics Sub- DISC, SSCS&T |
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