Agriculture knowledge

1. NAMASTAE
ALL OF YOU

2. TOPIC:-
SOFT ROT

3. Causative Agent:-
Rhizopus species

4. Hosts Plants
Flowers, Fruit,
and vegetables
with fleshy organs

5. Symptoms:-
• Tissues become soft with water soaked appearance that often
spreads rapidly, followed by development of fuzzy gray mycelium &
black spores

7. Control measure
•Disease incidence could be reduced by
•Disinfection of pruning tools.
•Avoidance of wounding plants.
•Remove plant debris - fallen, diseased leaves.
•Seed treatment – 1% sodium hypochlorite for 30
sec, then rinse with clean water.

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