crop diseases

Crop Diseases - Plant diseases are improvement because of the loss they cause. In the history of mankind plant disease have played an important role. A good example would be the Irish potato famine caused due to late blight of potato, a disease affe..

Plant diseases are improvement because of the loss they cause. In the history of mankind plant disease have played an important role. A good example would be the Irish potato famine caused due to late blight of potato, a disease affecting the potato crop..

Name of the Crop Name of Disease Symptoms Control Measure Rice Blast Brown boat-shaped lesions appear on the leaves Seed treatment with thiram solution in water. Spray bavistin at 10 days interval Wheat Rust Yellow, brown or black elongated spots a..

Most of the food crops are subjected to damage by insects and diseases. Large number of insects and diseases are recognized on every food crop. Control of insects and diseases is one of the great challenge posed to human knowledge. Although detailed..

Protection of Crops - Certain preventive measures can be adopted to protect crops from weeds, insects, mites, rodents and fungi. They are: Use of resistant varieties Optimum time of sowing the crops Crop rotation and cropping system Clean cultivatio..

Crop Improvement - Each crop is, in fact, an adaptation from wild type to a cultivated type. Wild types or wild species of each crop can be traced to their natural habitat where such species are grown naturally without human interference. Even cultivated species of a h..

Seed soil and water borne diseases mostly attack roots and plant stem. Air borne diseases attack all aerial parts of the plant i.e. leaf, flower and fruit. Seed and soil borne diseases can be controlled by treating the seed and soil. Air borne diseases ..

Plants often get infested with disease causing pathogens. The entire crop can be destroyed if they are not controlled in time. Pathogens are transmitted by seed and soil water air Seed soil and water borne diseases mostly attack roots and plant stem. Air bor..

Introduction - All living organisms need food for their existence. They need food for their growth, repair of tissues, energy and also protection against diseases. The various components of food are proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals, roughage and wate..

Each crop has a large number of enemies in the form of insects, fungi, bacteria, weeds, rodents, mites etc unless they are controlled effectively, the crop yields would suffer very badly. To effectively control them, pesticides were recommended to be use..