field 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..

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..

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..

Crop Protection - 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 ..

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 knowledg..

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..

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 borne di..

The above table gives a comparison between mixed cropping and inter-cropping. Another type of mixed cropping is border cropping. Here plants of a different species are planted along the border of the field. Example castor plant around a vegetable..

Selection of crops for rotation depends on soil condition, moisture condition, length of rainy season, type of inputs available (irrigation, fertiliser, pesticide, labour and machine power), risk involved, duration of crop (annual, biennial or perennial) and marketing and proce..