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    This document lists important pests and diseases found in local crops. Table 1 lists 10 common insect pests like the common cutworm, armyworm, and cabbage aphid that infect crops such as chili, maize and cole crops. Table 2 lists 10 plant diseases including gray mold, powdery mildew, and downy mildew caused by fungi or bacteria that damage crops like tomatoes, apples, lettuce and potatoes, along with their symptoms. This reference provides farmers with information on key pests and pathogens affecting local agricultural production.

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    This document lists important pests and diseases found in local crops. Table 1 lists 10 common insect pests like the common cutworm, armyworm, and cabbage aphid that infect crops such as chili, maize and cole crops. Table 2 lists 10 plant diseases including gray mold, powdery mildew, and downy mildew caused by fungi or bacteria that damage crops like tomatoes, apples, lettuce and potatoes, along with their symptoms. This reference provides farmers with information on key pests and pathogens affecting local agricultural production.

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    This document lists important pests and diseases found in local crops. Table 1 lists 10 common insect pests like the common cutworm, armyworm, and cabbage aphid that infect crops such as chili, maize and cole crops. Table 2 lists 10 plant diseases including gray mold, powdery mildew, and downy mildew caused by fungi or bacteria that damage crops like tomatoes, apples, lettuce and potatoes, along with their symptoms. This reference provides farmers with information on key pests and pathogens affecting local agricultural production.

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    Identification of important pests and diseases in my locality

    Table 1.0 List of Pests


    Sl. No. Photo Common Name Botanical Name Family Order Host Crop
    1. Common cutworm Agrotis segetum Noctuidae Lepidoptera Chilli, Tomato and
    Maize

    2. Armyworm Pseudaletia separata Noctuidae Lepidoptera Maize

    3. Cabbage aphid Brevicoeyne brassicae Aphididae Hemiptera Cole crops

    4. Cabbage moth Mamestra brassicae Noctuidae Lepidoptera Cole crops

    5. Chilli Helicoverpa armigera Noctuidae Lepidoptera Chilli


    pod-borer

    6. Tarnished plant bug Lygus lineolaris Miridae Hemiptera Saag

    7. Apple fruit beetle Protaetia neglecta Scarabaeidae Coleoptera Apple

    8. Woolly aphid Eriosoma lanigerum Aphididae Hemiptera Apple

    9. Citrus shield bug Rhynchocoris poseidon Pentatomidae Hemiptera Citrus

    10. Maize weevil Sitophilus zeamais Curculionidae Coleoptera Maize


    Table 2.0 List of Diseases

    Sl. Disease name Causal Organism Pathogen Host Crop Signs and Symptoms
    No. type
    1. Gray mold Botrytiscinerea Fungus Tomato  Formation of water soaked
    spots on leaves.
     These spots will turn from
    gray to brown.
     Cause wilting of leaves.

    2. Powdery mildew Erysiphe, Podosphaera, Fungus Apple, Citrus  Appearance of white


    Leveillula, Oidium grapes, powdery patches.
    Cucumbers  Infected young leaves
    and peas. become deformed.
     Shoots die progressively
    beginning at the tips.

    3. Downy Mildew oomycetes Fungus Lettuce and  Blocky yellow areas


    cole crops visible on upper surface of
    leaves.
     They expand and turn
    brown as lesions mature.
     Small spores can be
    observed among the mold.

    4. Fusarium Wilt Fusarium oxysporum Fungus Beans,  Drooping and yellowing


    Tomatoes and of leaves.
    Peas  Causes leaves and flower
    heads to wilt.
     Stunted plant growth.

    5. Bacterial Canker Pseudomonas syringae Bacteria Peaches and  Formation of gummy


    Plum lesions on trunk and twigs.
     Oozing of sour smelling
    sap out of the wounded
    areas in active growth state
    during spring.
     Cankers become darker
    than the surrounding
    healthy bark.

    6. Potato blight Phytophthora infestans Fungus Potato  Watery rot of leaves


     Development of brown
    lesions
     Tubers will have reddish
    brown decay below the
    skin

    7. Chilli blight Phytophthora capsici Fungus Chilli  Damping-off of seedlings


     Collar rot and wilting in
    stem phase
     Discolouration and
    blanched infected fruits

    8. Clubroot Plasmodiophora Fungus Cole crops  Abnormal enlargement of


    brassicae the root system.
     Root thickest at the center
    and tapering towards the
    ends.
     Stunted growth and
    accelerated flowering.

    9. Gray leaf spot Cercospora zeaemaydis Fungus Maize  Lesions begin as small,
    regular, elongated brown-
    gray necrotic spots
    roughly parallel to leaf
    veins.
     The spots have yellow
    border.
     Plants appear as if they are
    blanched by hot water.
    10. Leaf curl Taphrina deformans Fungus Peach  Deformation of leaves.
     Red-like colouration of
    leaves.
     Leaves become thick and
    rubbery compared to
    normal ones.

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