Infectious chlorosis

Infectious chlorosis

    Causal organism: Cucumber mosaic virus
    Symptoms
    • Chlorotic or yellow green lands on leaves, upward curling of leaves, mottling of young leaves.
    • Sometimes heart rot symptoms also appear.
    • Diseased plants are unable to reach maturity.
    Spread
    • Through infected sucker and Aphis gossypii, an aphid
    Management
    • Destroy infected plants.
    • Use disease free suckers.
    • Arrest vectors by spraying systemic insecticide like and
    • Dry heat treatment of suckers at 40°C for 1 day has been found effective.

Last modified: Wednesday, 18 January 2012, 9:11 AM