Pathological survey of barley, maize, wheat crop grown in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, India

Barley, wheat and maize are the most important cereal crops in Ladakh. More than 200 fields of 16 different regions of Eastern Ladakh were surveyed to assess disease incidence and severity. In barley, Chumathang showed maximum disease incidence (34.67%) while disease severity was at its highest in Spangmik (18.08%) in contrast to which Hanley (Rango) showed minimum disease incidence (16.67%) and minimum disease severity (4.9%). In Nimmo, maximum disease incidence (62%) and maximum disease severity (42%), in maize, was recorded in contrast to Merak which showed 16% disease incidence and 6.67% disease severity. While surveying wheat crop, maximum disease incidence (29.57%) and maximum disease severity (12.11%) was observed in Durbuk as compared to Hanley (Khaldo) showing 12.46% disease incidence and 5.31% disease severity in Merak. The present study is carried to analyse the disease incidence and severity in important cereal crops in Ladakh region of India and could be used as baseline study for planning disease management strategy to protect cereal crops in Ladakh region.