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EARLY BLIGHT OF POTATO
DR. RAJBIR SINGH
Assistant Professor
Department of Plant Pathology
Gochar Mahavidyalaya, Rampur Maniharan, Saharanpur (UP), India
Affiliated to Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut (UP), India
Email: rajbir25805@yahoo.com, rajbirsingh2810@gmail.com
Cell No. 91-9456613374
Early Blight of Potato
• Disease is world wide
• In India – Assam, Tripura, , West Bengal, Bihar,
UP, UK, Haryana, Punjab, HP etc.
• More in hilly area
• Loss- till 20-50%
Symptoms
• Appear before late blight after 4-
5 weeks of sowing
• Lower leaf first affected &
scattered spots
• Covered with greenish blue
growth of fungus
• Later spots – brown &
concentric rings
• Chlorosis due to alternaric acid
• Leaf falling
• Black to brown spots on stem
• Branches or plant die
• Rotting in tubers
• Tubers less & small
• Starch lacking in tuber
Early blight of potato
Early blight of potato
Early blight of potato
Early blight of potato
Early blight of potato
Early blight of potato
Early blight of potato
Early blight of potato
Pathogen – Alternaria solani
• Weak pls. more susceptible
• Disease is soil & seed borne
• Pathogen survive as conidia & mycelium in
seed & plant residues
• Collateral host – tomato etc.
• Fav. - Tem. - 28 - 30° C for conidia germination
• R. H. – high
Systemic Position
Kingdom – Mycota/ Fungi
Division – Eumycota
Sub division – Deuteromycotina
Class – Hypomycetes
Order – Hypomycetales
Family – Dematiaceae
Genus – Alternaria
Species - solani
Conidia of Alternaria solani
Disease Management
• Removal of pl. residues
• Crop rotation – 2 yrs.
• Spray – Zineb (Dithane M- 45) @ 0.25% or Kavach 75
WP @ 0.2% at 10 – 15 days interval
• Dis. Res. Var.- Kuphri Alankar, Kuphari Naveen, K.
Jeevan, K. Sinduri
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Early blight of potato

  • 1. EARLY BLIGHT OF POTATO DR. RAJBIR SINGH Assistant Professor Department of Plant Pathology Gochar Mahavidyalaya, Rampur Maniharan, Saharanpur (UP), India Affiliated to Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut (UP), India Email: rajbir25805@yahoo.com, rajbirsingh2810@gmail.com Cell No. 91-9456613374
  • 2. Early Blight of Potato • Disease is world wide • In India – Assam, Tripura, , West Bengal, Bihar, UP, UK, Haryana, Punjab, HP etc. • More in hilly area • Loss- till 20-50%
  • 3. Symptoms • Appear before late blight after 4- 5 weeks of sowing • Lower leaf first affected & scattered spots • Covered with greenish blue growth of fungus • Later spots – brown & concentric rings
  • 4. • Chlorosis due to alternaric acid • Leaf falling • Black to brown spots on stem • Branches or plant die • Rotting in tubers • Tubers less & small • Starch lacking in tuber
  • 13. Pathogen – Alternaria solani • Weak pls. more susceptible • Disease is soil & seed borne • Pathogen survive as conidia & mycelium in seed & plant residues • Collateral host – tomato etc. • Fav. - Tem. - 28 - 30° C for conidia germination • R. H. – high
  • 14. Systemic Position Kingdom – Mycota/ Fungi Division – Eumycota Sub division – Deuteromycotina Class – Hypomycetes Order – Hypomycetales Family – Dematiaceae Genus – Alternaria Species - solani
  • 16. Disease Management • Removal of pl. residues • Crop rotation – 2 yrs. • Spray – Zineb (Dithane M- 45) @ 0.25% or Kavach 75 WP @ 0.2% at 10 – 15 days interval • Dis. Res. Var.- Kuphri Alankar, Kuphari Naveen, K. Jeevan, K. Sinduri