Diseases Affect Vegetables, Flowers, and Fruit Crops before Harvest in the Northern Region of Uttar Pradesh

Author(s): Deepak Kumar, Pradeep Kumar, Adarsh Pandey and Anjali Kashyap

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The investigation involved the study of pre-harvest fungal diseases of vegetables, flowers and fruits. A pre-harvest disease survey of various vegetables, flowers and fruits was carried out at the study site of different farmers' fields in a village of Rampur, Uttar Pradesh. 08 fungal diseases were reported on various vegetables like chilli, tomato, pumpkin and bottle gourd. These vegetable diseases were found to be caused by fungal pathogens like Leveillula Taurica, Phytophthora capsica, Alternaria solani, Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici, Erysiphe spp. Sphaerotheca spp., Cercospora citrullina, Colletotrichum orbiculare, Pseudoperonospora cubensi etc. The study also studied 06 fungal pre-harvest diseases of fruits like mango, guava and banana. The fruit diseases were found to be caused by fungal pathogens like Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, Oidium mangiferae, Cephaleuros virescens Kuntze, Fusarium spp., Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense, Pestalotiopsis leprogena etc. The study also studied 04 fungal pre-harvest diseases of flower like rose and marigold. Diseases in flowers were found to be caused by fungal pathogens such as Diplocarpon rosae, Sphaerotheca pannosa var. rosae, Alternaria, Cercospora and Septoria sp., Alternaria dianthi etc. Symptoms of pre-harvest diseases were also observed and reported.

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