16 Apr Pomegranate Diseases and Their Management
अनार की फसल के प्रमुख रोग तथा उनके निदान के तरीके The pomegranate Punica granatum L. belongs to the family Punicaceae. Pomegranate is cultivated in home gardens especially as a medicinal plant and as a fruit tree. There is no other fruit crop that has high medicinal value compared to that in pomegranate. One of the oldest known fruits found in writings and artefacts of many cultures and religions. Pomegranate is an original native of Persia. This nutrient dense, antioxidant rich fruit has been revered as a symbol of health, fertility and eternal life. 1. Alternaria fruit spot: Alternaria alternata Symptoms: Small reddish brown circular spots appear on the fruits. As the disease advances these spots, coalesce to form larger patches and the fruits start rotting. The fruits get affected which become pale and become unfit for consumption. Management: Cultural: All the affected fruits should be collected and destroyed. Chemical: Spraying Mancozeb (0.25%) or Captaf (0.25%) effectively controls the disease. 2. Anthracnose: Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Symptoms: Appears as small regular or irregular dull violet or black leaf spots with yellowish halos. Leaves turn yellow and fall out. Symptoms appear on flowers also. Both tender and mature fruits develop spots which are initially circular later becoming irregular, brown to dark brown covering the fruit partly or wholly with sunken centres. Diseased portions appear with minute, black dots representing acervuli. The disease is...