Chilli crop calendar for January month

Submitted by naipictuasdharwad on Tue, 08/06/2010 - 16:11

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Name of Pests/Diseases	Damage symptoms	Photo gallery	Management
Thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis	Curling and crinkling of leaves Stunted plant growth		Seed treatment with Imidacloprid 70 WS @ 10 g/kg Spraying of Imidacloprid 17.8 SL @ 0.2 ml/lit/ OR Acetamiprid20 SP @ 0.2 g/lit/ OR Fipronyl 5 SC @ 1.0 ml/ lit/
Mites, Polyphagotarsonemus latus	Affected leaf become dark green, brittle, show downward curling and elongation of petiole Plants show stunted growth		Spraying of Fenazaquin 10 EC @ 2 ml/lit OR Vertimec 1.9 EC @ 0.3 ml/lit OR Dicofol 18.5 EC @ 2.5 ml/lit OR Wettable sulphur @ 3 g/lit.
Chilli Anthracnose	Small necrotic sunken areas on fruits and finally fruit get rotten		Spraying with Captafol at 0.2% followed by Copper Oxychloride at 0.25% and Carbendazim at 0.1%.

Chilli Powdery Mildew

Tiny white to dirty grey spots initially on leaves and later they turns to white powdery mass by accumulating entire leaf area by superficial growth.

Spray thrice at 10-15 days interval with 1ml Dinocap or 2g Wettable Sulphur per litre of water.
Before flowering, dusting 8-10 kg Sulphur per acre is also useful.

Chilli Leaf Curl

Newly emerged leaves show curling due to feeding by insect vectors and the virus

Spray the crop with systemic insecticides. Like Monocrotophos 1.5 ml or Dimethoate 2ml of Acephate 1g per litre of water

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