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Introduction
Introduction
Grapes is one of the world’s major fruit crops and its association with man was believed to be older than that of rice or wheat. Grapes are now considered as a most remunerative crop apart from nutritional value. The grapes are grown for various purposes such as production of raisin, wine, juice, canning and table purposes. The world production of grapes for exceeds than any other fruit crop. Roughly, the grapes occupy nearly 11million hectare producing 75 million tones annually. Spain, Italy and France dominated grape production with over half of the total world’s supply. In India, grapes are grown under tropical as well as subtropical climate. Here commercial cultivation of grapes has begun only during the last four decades in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Diseases Grapes are susceptible to a number of diseases, some of which are very serious and cause great damage to the crop. In India, summer rains and high temperature help in the spreading the diseases. The diseases which commonly occur in the vineyards on worldwide basis including India, are anthracnose, powdery mildew, downy mildew and black rot. Major diseases |
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