a presentation which include all necessary details for any agriculture student of B.Sc. . Through this you will get to know about some diseases and pest along with nutritional and physiological disorder of Apple with Taxonomy.

1. T A X O N O M Y
A R E A & P R O D U C T I O N
D I S E A S E S
I N S E C T & P E S T
N U T R I T I O N A L & P H Y S I O L O G I C A L
D E F I C I E N C Y
Apple

2. Taxonomy
Scientific Name – Malus domestica
Family – Rosaceae
Origin - Central , Southwestern Asia
Chromosome No. – 2n=34
Soil pH – 5.5 – 6.5

3. Area & Production
India
Area – Himachal Pradesh > Jammu & Kashmir >
Uttaranchal
Production – Jammu & Kashmir(70%) > Himachal
Pradesh(21.5%) > Uttarakhand(6.4%)
Global
Production - China > USA > India

4. Diseases
Scab – Venturia inaequalis
Powdery mildew – Podosphaera leucotricha
Fire blight – Erwinia amylovora
Soft rot – Penicillium expansum
Bitter rot – Glomerella cingulata
Marssonina leaf blotch – Marssonina coronaria
(teleomorph Diplocarpon mali)

5. Diseases
Black rot - Botryosphaeria obtusa
Collar rot – Phytopthora (P. cactorum)
Sooty blotch & Flyspeck – Gloeodes pomigena &
Saprophytic fungi
Alternaria leaf spot / Blight – Alternaria spp.
Core rot – Penicillium sp. , Alternaria sp. , Botrytis sp.

6. Insect & Pest
Woolly aphid – Eriosoma lanigerum
San jose scale – Quadraspidiotus perniciosus
Codling moth – Cydia(Carpocapsa) pomonella
Cottony cushion scale – Icerya purchasi
Stem borer – Apriona cinera
Apple leaf folder & Fruit scrapper – Archips termias

7. Insect & Pest
Indian gypsy moth – Lymantria obfuscata
Apple blossom thrips – Thrips flavus Schrank
Red spider mite – Panonychus ulmi (Koch)
Apple fruit moth – Argyresthia conjugella
Tent hairy caterpillar – Malacosome indica
Apple maggot – Rhagoletis pomonella

8. Nutritional & Physiological Disorder
Necrotic leaf blotch – Zn deficiency
Lenticel breakdown – (less Sun exposion)Ca deficiency
Water core – Bo deficiency
Bitter pit – Ca deficiency
Rosset leaf – Zn deficiency

9. Acknowledge
Worldlistmania.com
Nhb.gov.in
Apeda.in
Gktoday.in
Wikipedia.org
Vikaspedia.in
Blogs.cornell.edu
Thank You
Made by – Amrita Sharma