Black spot disease

Black spot disease

    Causal organism : Deightoniella torulosa

    Symptoms
    • The fungus causes complex symptoms. It causes black spot on leaves, black tip or black end and hand speckle on fruit and also causes rottening of leaves and pseudostem.
    • Fruit speckling or spotting are the most common symptoms and which use reddish to black in colour with dark green halo around each spot
    • Finger tip or black tip are associated with injury to the tip . Black discolouration appears just below the flower i.e. fruit tip

Last modified: Friday, 23 December 2011, 3:28 AM