Commercial Floriculture

Pests and Diseases

Pests
Red spider mite : Spray Kelthane @ 2ml/l
Hairy caterpillar: Spray Endosulfan or Ekolux @ 2ml/l
Leaf hopper : Spray wits Melathian or Rogar @ 2ml/l
Japanese Beetle
Tarnished plant bug,
Slugs

Diseases

Diseases (Fungal):	Causal organism	Measures
1) Damping off	Rhizoctonia solani	Seed treatment with capton @ 0.5%
2) Collor rot	Rhizoctonia solani Phytophthora sp. Pythium sp. Sclerotium rolfsi	Seed treatment with capton @ 0.5%
3) Leaf spot	Alternaria tagetica Cercospora spp. Septoria tageticola	Spray with Blitox @ 0.4% or Bavistin @ 0.1%
4) Blight	Colletotrichum capsia	DM 45 @ 0.2%
5) Inflorescence light	Alternaria zinnac	DM 45 @ 0.2% or Bavistin @ 0.1%
6) Powdery mildew	Oidium sp.	Spray with calixin, sulfex @ 0.2% (WS) @ 0.2%

Viral diseases: Marigold is infected by Cmv, Aster yellow virus

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