Sooty mold

Caused by: Capnodium
Problem Category: Fungal Disease
Symptoms: This disease is caused by a fungus called ‘Capnodium’. The sweet substance excreted by the honeydew, which sucks the sap, falls on the leaves, fruits and fruits and grows like black soot. This disrupts photosynthesis. The size of the fruit decreases and it falls off.
Comments:
Management: • The sap-sucking insects should be controlled by using 5% neem seed kernel extract (or) neemastra. • Mix 2 kg of starch powder in 5 liters of hot water and add 100 liters of water to make a slurry. The slurry solution should be sprayed on the branches, leaves and fruits of the trees infected with sooty mold so that it is well soaked. • Cattle dung urine solution should be sprayed on the infected parts 2 times at an interval of 10 days. • By doing this, the sooty molds will fall off in small pieces along with the starch powder and dry in the sun. The crop will be healthy.
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