Introduction

Diseases of Belladona

    Introduction
    Atropa Belladonna (black or deadly night shade) is a perennial shrub that grows upto 4.5 feet tall with oval leaves, greenish purple flowers and with black globular berries.
    Active constituent of Atropa belladonna are atropine, hyoscyamine, scopolamine and used as decoction (tea like), ointment as smoke etc.
    Major Diseases
    1. Root rot wiltt: Fusarium solani, Pythium butleri and Phytophthora nicotianae var. nicotianae
    2. Leaf spot: Cercospora atropae
    3. Damping off: Pythium ultimum, Rhizoctonia solani and Phytophthora parasitica
    4. Downey mildew: Peronospora spp
    5. Leaf necrosis: Ascochyta atropae
    6. Mottlevirus: virus

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