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COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY
( (Affiliated to Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-3)
kullapuram (Po),ViaVaigai Dam, Theni-625 562
PAPAYA POWDERY MILDEW
STUDENT COURSE TEACHER
J.M. Harishkumar Dr.PARTHASARATHY.S
Asst.Prof.,(Plant Pathology)
Diseases name:
Papaya Powdery Mildew
Pathogen name:
Oidium caricae
HISTORY:
 Carica papaya - Native distribution of papaya ranges
from Mexico
 Odium caricae introduced by Noack(1898)
 Powdery mildew occurs throughout the world where
conditions are relatively warm and moist
Systematic position:
Kingdom: Fungi
Division:Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Erysiphales
Family :Erysiphaceae
Genus: Oidium
Species: Oidium caricae pv. papayae
Infected leavesInfected
Infected fruit
@agritech.tnau.ac.in
Iinfected leaf
SYMPTOMS:
 On the upper surface of disease of leaves are found patches of
whitish powdery growth occurs
 The disease appear on the foliage and pods
 Occasionally fungus may attack the stem of young seedling
when grown under reduced light condition.
 The spots enlarge and cover the entire leaf area. Severely
infected leaves may become chlorotic and disorted before
falling.
Fungus:
 It is obligate parasite
 The mycelium is hyaline septate and haustoria
develop in epidermal cells
 Conidia are hyaline, granular in type
Favourable conditions:
 Temperature: Moderate (24-26 degree celcius)
 Relative Humidity: Greater than 80- 85%
 Optimum moisture conditions for plant growth
 Low light intensity
 Black soil, clay soil
Mode of spread:
 The fungus spreads through wind borne conidia
 The powdery mildew fungus overwinters in dormant
buds
 Secondary spread of the disease can occur if spores
are produced in these new infections
Disease cycle:
 The fungus overwinters in infected leaves on the
ground and possibly in diseased shoots
 The overwinters spore (oospore) germinates in the
springs and produces a different type of spore
 (sporangium)
 The sporangia are spread by wind and splashing rain
 When plant parts are covered with a flim of moisture
the sporangia release smell swimming spores called
zoospore
 Zoospore germinate by producing a germ tube that
enters the leaf through stomates on the lower leaf
surface
Treatment and control:
 Do not irrigate with overhead sprinklers.
 Ensure balanced nutrition and avoid high nitrogen
fertilizattion.
 Wettable sulphur, sulphur dust, or lime sulfur as well
as potassium bicarbonate is helps to control the
disease.
 Sometimes backing powder, neem oil extracts and
soap solution can be useful.
References:
 http://www.fftc.agenet.diseases
 Saha L.R. handbook of plant disease, 2002, Kalyani
publishers, New Delhi.(pg.no.98-123)

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Powdery mildew of papaya

  • 1. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY ( (Affiliated to Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-3) kullapuram (Po),ViaVaigai Dam, Theni-625 562 PAPAYA POWDERY MILDEW STUDENT COURSE TEACHER J.M. Harishkumar Dr.PARTHASARATHY.S Asst.Prof.,(Plant Pathology)
  • 2. Diseases name: Papaya Powdery Mildew Pathogen name: Oidium caricae
  • 3. HISTORY:  Carica papaya - Native distribution of papaya ranges from Mexico  Odium caricae introduced by Noack(1898)  Powdery mildew occurs throughout the world where conditions are relatively warm and moist
  • 4. Systematic position: Kingdom: Fungi Division:Ascomycota Class: Leotiomycetes Order: Erysiphales Family :Erysiphaceae Genus: Oidium Species: Oidium caricae pv. papayae
  • 6. SYMPTOMS:  On the upper surface of disease of leaves are found patches of whitish powdery growth occurs  The disease appear on the foliage and pods  Occasionally fungus may attack the stem of young seedling when grown under reduced light condition.  The spots enlarge and cover the entire leaf area. Severely infected leaves may become chlorotic and disorted before falling.
  • 7. Fungus:  It is obligate parasite  The mycelium is hyaline septate and haustoria develop in epidermal cells  Conidia are hyaline, granular in type
  • 8. Favourable conditions:  Temperature: Moderate (24-26 degree celcius)  Relative Humidity: Greater than 80- 85%  Optimum moisture conditions for plant growth  Low light intensity  Black soil, clay soil
  • 9. Mode of spread:  The fungus spreads through wind borne conidia  The powdery mildew fungus overwinters in dormant buds  Secondary spread of the disease can occur if spores are produced in these new infections
  • 10. Disease cycle:  The fungus overwinters in infected leaves on the ground and possibly in diseased shoots  The overwinters spore (oospore) germinates in the springs and produces a different type of spore  (sporangium)  The sporangia are spread by wind and splashing rain
  • 11.  When plant parts are covered with a flim of moisture the sporangia release smell swimming spores called zoospore  Zoospore germinate by producing a germ tube that enters the leaf through stomates on the lower leaf surface
  • 12. Treatment and control:  Do not irrigate with overhead sprinklers.  Ensure balanced nutrition and avoid high nitrogen fertilizattion.  Wettable sulphur, sulphur dust, or lime sulfur as well as potassium bicarbonate is helps to control the disease.  Sometimes backing powder, neem oil extracts and soap solution can be useful.
  • 13. References:  http://www.fftc.agenet.diseases  Saha L.R. handbook of plant disease, 2002, Kalyani publishers, New Delhi.(pg.no.98-123)

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