Advances in Life Sciences
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 12

Severity of Powdery Mildew on Sunflower in Northern Karnataka

  • Author:
  • A. Bheemaraya, M. M. Jamadar
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 4850 to 4854

Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bijapur, Dharwad-580 005

*email: bheema4940@gmail.com

Online published on 2 January, 2017.

Abstract

Intensive roving survey for sunflower powdery mildew was carried out in five districts of northern Karnataka viz. Bagalkot, Bijapur, Gadag, Koppal and Raichur during late kharif 2013 to know the incidence and severity of the disease in the farmers fields. The highest disease intensity (37.73%) in Raichur district followed by the Koppal district (35.58%) while the least disease intensity (5.73%) was recorded in Bijapur district.

Keywords

survey, powdery mildew and disease intensity