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Agricultural Science Digest

Outbreak of downy mildew of fenugreek in Solan district of Himachal Pradesh, India

DOI: 10.5958/0976-0547.2015.00057.9    | Article Id: D-4256 | Page : 244-246
Citation :- Outbreak of downy mildew of fenugreek in Solan district of Himachal Pradesh, India.Agricultural Science Digest.2015.(35):244-246
Meenu Gupta, N.P. Dohroo and Narender Bharat meenugupta1@gmail.com
Address : Department of Vegetable Science, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan-173 230, HP, India.

Abstract

Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) is an annual crop with high medicinal value. Among different diseases, downy mildew (Peronospora trigonellae Gaum.) causes maximum crop loss. Since its first report of occurrence in Himachal Pradesh, it was considered a minor disease. But during the last 2-3 years, it has assumed serious proportion in Solan district of the state. The disease was found in all the fenugreek growing locations surveyed during 2011, 2012 and 2013 with maximum severity (37.33%) at Kandaghat. The morphological characters of the pathogen were also studied.

Keywords

Disease occurrence Downy mildew Fenugreek Peronospora trigonellae.

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