13 Jun Three major diseases of mustard crop and their management
सरसों की फसल के तीन प्रमुख रोग और उनका प्रबंधन 1. White rust disease of Mustard It is also called "White Blisters of Crucifers". In severe conditions, it caused yield losses up to 55% in late sown crops. Other crucifers host-Radish, Tumip, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Taramira, Spinach & sweet potato (non-crucifers). White creamy pustules & sporangia give white rusty appearance by exposing powdery mass of spores on the infected host surfaces, that's why it is called "white rust" (while it is not true rust. True rusts are caused by Uredinales i.e. Puccinia, Uromyces, Melampsora etc.). "Stag heads" are produced on floral parts due to systemic infection. Locally it is known as "Marodia Rog" or...