Nursery diseases of some selected fruit species in Bangladesh Professor Dr. I...
Spgr booklet final 2011
1. Nursery diseases of some selected fruit species
in Bangladesh
Professor Dr. Ismail Hossain
Department of Plant Pathology
Bangladesh Agricultural University
Mymensingh-2202
Bangladesh
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Nursery diseases of some selected fruit species
in Bangladesh
Professor Dr. Ismail Hossain
Department of Plant Pathology
Bangladesh Agricultural University
Mymensingh-2202
E-mail: dhossain69@gmail.com
Tel. 01711423009
February, 2011
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Nursery diseases of some selected fruit species
in Bangladesh
Year of publication: February, 2011
Citation: Hossain, I. (2011). Nursery diseases of some selected fruit species in
Bangladesh. Eco-friendly Plant Disease Management Laboratory,
Department of Plant Pathology, Bangladesh Agricultural University,
Mymensingh, Bangladesh. pp.24.
Published by: Professor Dr. Ismail Hossain
Department of Plant Pathology
Bangladesh Agricultural University
Mymensingh-2202
Bangladesh
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Acknowledgement
The financial help of Project Implementation Unit (PIU) – BARC, National Agricultural
Technology Project (NATP): Phase-1, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council, Farmgate,
Dhaka-1215 under SPGR Sub-project entitled “Surveillance of seedling diseases of some
important fruit species in Bangladesh with molecular characterization of pathogens and eco-
friendly model development for their management” is gratefully Acknowledged.
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Preface
The national consumption of fruits is low in Bangladesh. The country produces less than 30% of
fruits needed to meet the minimum daily requirement for its population. As a consequence,
widespread national deficiencies in vitamin A and C, iron and other nutrients that causes
debilitating illness among the population. Fruits worth millions of taka are imported at the cost
of valuable foreign currency to meet the deficit demand of fruit consumption for reduction of
vitamin and mineral deficiencies in the country. Around 10,000 nurseries are engaged in
seedling production all over the country. Though fruit seedlings worth millions of Taka are
traded every year in the country, but the status of seedlings in the nurseries is not well attended
for certification of health and quality. As a result poor quality seedlings are traded among the
farmers. This is one of the major causes for low production of fruits in the country. The majority
of poor farmers can not afford to buy fruits. Thus homestead gardening appears to be an
appropriate means to increase the availability and consumption of fruits in rural households. The
country abounds with a large variety of tropical and sub-tropical fruits, where seedlings are
frequently affected by different diseases. These points encourages of taking program for
improving status and health of planting materials of fruit species in Bangladesh. This booklet is
an output of the research project entitled “Surveillance of seedling diseases of some important
fruit species in Bangladesh with molecular characterization of pathogens and eco-friendly model
development for their management” financed by PIU-BARC (NATP phase-1), Bangladesh
Agricultural Research Council, BARC, Farmgate, Dhaka-1215. Most of the nurseryman and
women are not aware of diseases of their seedlings. As a result they also suffer financially for
production of quality seedlings. This booklet will obviously be helpful for taking care of their
seedlings to avoid the diseases. This can be used as a guide book. Further, this booklet will be
useful to teachers, students and researchers in this discipline.
The author
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1. Malformation in Mango
3. Malformation in Mango
2. Malformation in Mango
4. Malformation in Mango
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5. Powdery mildew in Mango 6. Die-back in Mango
7. Leaf blight in Mango 8. Leaf blight in Mango
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9. Leaf blight in Mango 10. Leaf blight in Mango
11. Anthracnose in Mango 12. Anthracnose in Mango
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14. Leaf spot in Mango13. Leaf spot in Mango
15. Rust in Mango 16. Rust in Mango
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17. Leaf blight in Litchi
19. Die-back in Litchi
18. Leaf blight in Litchi
20. Leaf spot in Litchi
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23. Leaf spot in jackfruit
21. Jack fruit seedlings 22. Jack fruit seedlings: spotted leaf (left) and
Healthy leaf (right)
24. Leaf spot in jackfruit
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28. Scab in citrus
25. Citrus Nursery
27. Leaf spot in citrus
26. Leaf spot in citrus
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29. Scab in citrus 30. Scab in citrus
31. Canker in citrus 32. Canker in citrus
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33. Die-back in citrus
36. Gummosis in citrus
34. Die-back in citrus
35. Gummosis in citrus
