1Preface
193Biology
2Chapter 1. Introduction to Field Crops
194Key factors influencing occurrence and severity
31.1 CLASSIFICATION OF FIELD CROPS
1953.7.7 Common Root Rot
41.1.1 Cereal Crops
1963.7.8 Smut
5Major Cereal Crops
197What to look for
6Millets
198Life cycle
7a) Major Millets
199Receival standards
8Minor Millets
200Control
91.1.2 Pulse Crops
201Loose smut
10Grams
202What to look for
11Beans
203Life cycle
12Peas
204Receival standards
131.1.3 Oil Seed Crops
205Control
14Edible Oil Seed Crops
2063.8 Self-Assessment
15Non-Edible Oil Seed Crops
207Chapter 4. Diseases of Field Beans
16Fiber Crops
2084.1 BACTERIAL DISEASES
17Fruit Fibers
2094.1.1 Bacterial Brown Spot
18Stem/Stalk/Bast Fibers
2104.1.2 Bacterial Wilt
19Leaf Fibers/ Hard Fibers
2114.1.3 Common Blight
201.1.4 Sugar Crops
2124.1.4 Halo Blight
211.1.5 Commercial Crops
2134.2 FUNGUS-INCITED FOLIAGE DISEASES
221.1.6 Forage Crops
2144.2.1 Alternaria Leaf Spot
23Annuals: i) Cereal Fodders
2154.2.2 Angular Leaf Spot
24Pasture Grasses
2164.2.3 Anthracnose
25Forage Legumes
2174.2.4 Ascochyta Leaf and Pod Spot
26Forage Climbers
2184.2.5 Powdery Mildew
27Top Feeds/Browse Plants
2194.2.6 Rust
281.1.7 Green Manure Crops
2204.2.7 White Mold
29In-Situ Green Manure Crops
2214.3 ROOT AND STEM DISEASES
30i) Leguminous green manure crops
2224.3.1 Ashy Stem Blight
31ii) Non-leguminous green manure crops
2234.3.2 Fusarium Root Rot
32Ex-situ Green Manure Crops /Green Leaf Manure Crops
2244.3.3 Pythium Root Rot
331.2 CROPPING SYSTEM
2254.3.4 Rhizoctonia Root Rot
341.2.1 Methods of Cropping
2264.3.5 Root-Knot Nematode
35Types of Sequential Cropping
2274.4 VIRUS DISEASES
36Benefits of Intercropping
2284.4.1 Common Mosaic
37Limitations of Intercropping
2294.4.2 Curly Top
38Criteria for Selection of Crops for Intercropping System
2304.4.3 Golden Mosaic
39Types of Intercropping
2314.4.4 Yellow Mosaic
40C. Mixed Cropping
2324.5 NON-PARASITIC DISEASES
411.2.2 Crop Rotation
2334.5.1 Bald Head
42Principles of Crop Rotation
2344.5.2 Nutrient Deficiency and Toxicity
43Benefits of Crop Rotation
2354.5.3 Ozone Injury
44Limitations of Crop Rotation
2364.5.4 Sunscald
451.3 GREEN MANURING
2374.5.5 Wind Injury
461.3.1 Criteria for Selection of Green Manure Crops
2384.6 Self-Assessment
471.3.2 Benefits of Green Manuring
239Chapter 5. Diseases of Millet
481.3.3 Methods of Green Manuring
2405.1 FUNGAL DISEASES
49In-situ green manuring
2415.1.1 Grain Mold
50a) Leguminous green manuring crops
2425.1.2 Sugary disease/ Ergot: Causal organisms:
51b) Non-leguminous green manuring crops
2435.1.3 Smut
52B. Ex-situ green manuring/Green leaf manuring
2445.1.4 Pearl Millet Smut
53Green manuring practices
2455.1.5 Small Millet Smut: Causal organisms:
541.4 Self-Assessment
2465.1.6 Udbatta
55Chapter 2. Diseases of Alfalfa (Medicago Sativa L.)
2475.1.7 Downy Mildew/Crazy Top
562.1 TYPES OF ALFALFA DISEASES
2485.1.8 Pearl Millet Downy Mildew
57Seedling Diseases
2495.1.9 Small Millet Downy Mildew
582.1.1 Leaf Spots and Shoot Blights
2505.1.10 Blast
592.1.2 Root Rots
2515.1.11 Anthracnose
602.1.3 Wilts
2525.1.12 Rust: Pearl millet & small millet rust
612.1.4 Crown Rots
2535.1.13 Leaf Blight
622.2 BACTERIAL CAUSES
2545.1.14 Helminthosporium Leaf Spot: Causal organisms:
632.2.1 Bacterial Leaf Spot: Control:
2555.1.15 Cercospora Leaf Spot
642.2.2 Bacterial Stem Blight: Control
2565.1.16 Zonate Leaf Spot: Causal organisms:
652.2.3 Bacterial Wilt
2575.1.17 Banded Sheath Blight
662.2.4 Dwarf
2585.1.18 Sheath Rot
672.2.5 Pseudomonas Viridiflava Root and Crown Rot
2595.1.19 Foot Rot
682.3 FUNGAL CAUSES
2605.1.20 Charcoal Rot
692.3.1 Anthracnose
2615.1.21 Pokkah Boeng
702.3.2 Aphanomyces Seedling Blight
2625.2 BACTERIAL DISEASES
712.3.3 Brown Root Rot
2635.2.1 Bacterial Leaf Spot
722.3.4 Common Leaf Spot: Control:
2645.2.2 Bacterial Leaf Stripe
732.3.5 Crown Rot: Control:
2655.2.3 Bacterial Leaf Streak
742.3.6 Crown Wart
2665.2.4 Bacterial Stalk Rot
752.3.7 Cylindrocarpon Root Rot
2675.3 VIRAL DISEASES
762.3.8 Cylindrocladium Root and Crown Rot
268Causal virus:
772.3.9 Downy Mildew: Control:
2695.3.1 Maize Stripe (MStV-S)
782.3.10 Forked Foot Disease
2705.3.2 Maize Mosaic (MMV-S)
792.3.11 Fusarium Root Rot
2715.3.3 Red Stripe (SRSD)
802.3.12 Fusarium Wilt
2725.3.4 Ragi Severe Mosaic
812.3.13 LeptosphaeruIina Leaf Spot
2735.3.5 Ragi Mottle Streak
822.3.14 Marasmius Root Rot
2745.3.6 Ragi Streak
832.3.15 Mycoleptodiscus Crown and Root Rot
2755.4 MANAGEMENT
842.3.16 Myrothecium Root Rot
2765.4.1 Resistant Cultivar
852.3.17 Phytophthora Root Rot
2775.4.2 Biological Control
862.3.18 Pythium Seed and Seedling Blight: Control:
2785.4.3 Chemical Control
872.3.19 Rhizoctonia Foliage Blight
2795.5 Self-Assessment
882.3.20 Rhizoctonia Root Canker
280Chapter 6. Diseases of Canola and Their Management
892.3.21 Rhizoctonia Stem Blight: Control:
2816.1 COMMON DISEASES OF CANOLA
902.3.22 Rust
2826.2 BLACKLEG
912.3.23 Sclerotinia Crown and Stem Rot
2836.2.1 Symptoms and Disease Cycle
922.3.24 Sclerotinia Crown and Stem Rot: Control:
2846.2.2 Management
932.3.25 Southern Blight: Control:
2856.3 SCLEROTINIA STEM ROT
942.3.26 Spring Black Stem: Control:
2866.3.1 Symptoms
952.3.27 Stagnospora Leaf Spot
2876.3.2 Disease Cycle
962.3.28 Stagnospora Root and Crown Rot: Control
2886.3.3 Management
972.3.29 Stemphylium Leaf Spot: Control:
2896.4 ALTERNARIA LEAF AND POD SPOT (BLACK SPOT, DARK LEAF SPOT, ALTERNARIA BLIGHT)
982.3.30 Stemphylium Vesicarium Leaf Spot
2906.4.1 Symptoms
992.4 OTHER STEMPHYLIUM SPP. RECORDED ON MEDICAGO SPP.
2916.4.2 Disease Cycle
1002.4.1 Summer Black Stem: Control
2926.4.3 Management
1012.4.2 Texas Root Rot: Control
2936.5 CLUBROOT IN CANOLA AND JUNCEA CANOLA
1022.4.3 Verticillium Wilt: Control
2946.5.1 Symptoms
1032.4.4 Violet Root Rot: Control
2956.5.2 Disease Cycle
1042.4.5 Winter Crown Rot: Control
2966.5.3 Management
1052.4.6 Yellow Leaf Blotch: Control:
2976.6 DAMPING-OFF (SEEDLING BLIGHTS AND SEEDLING HYPOCOTYL ROT)
1062.5 Self-Assessment
2986.6.1 Symptoms
107Chapter 3. Cereal Crops Diseases and Their Management
2996.6.2 Disease Cycle
1083.1 INTRODUCTION
3006.6.3 Management
1093.2 CAUSES OF CEREAL DISEASES
3016.7 DOWNY MILDEW
1103.2.1 Fungi
3026.7.1 Symptoms
1113.2.2 Viruses
3036.7.2 Disease Cycle
1123.2.3 Bacteria
3046.7.3 Management
1133.2.4 Nematodes
3056.8 VIRUSES
1143.3 THE DISEASE TRIANGLE: 3.3.1 Variety Response
3066.8.1 Symptoms
1153.4 ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
3076.8.2 Disease Cycle
1163.4.1 Cereal Disease after Drought
3086.8.3 Management
1173.4.2 Cereal Disease after Flood Events
3096.9 WHITE LEAF SPOT
1183.5 MANAGEMENT OPTIONS: 3.5.1 Strategies
3106.9.1 Symptoms
1193.6 FOLIAR DISEASES
3116.9.2 Disease Cycle
1203.6.1 Rusts
3126.9.3 Management
1213.6.2 Key Points to Reduce the Risk of Rusts in Cereals
3136.10 WHITE RUST OR STAGHEAD
122Leaf rust of barley
3146.10.1 Symptoms
123Stem rust of barley
3156.10.2 Disease Cycle
124Barley grass stripe rust
3166.10.3 Management
1253.6.3 Disease Cycle
3176.11 Self-Assessment
126Leaf rust of barley
318Chapter 7. Wheat Diseases and Their Management
127Stem rust of barley
3197.1 BARLEY YELLOW DWARF
128Barley grass stripe rust
3207.1.1 Disease Symptoms
1293.6.4 Management of Barley Rusts
3217.1.2 Favorable Weather Conditions
130Resistant varieties
3227.1.3 Management
131Cultural practices
323Seeding Dates
132Seed treatment
324Genetic Resistance
133Fungicides
325Cultural Practices
134Scald of barley
326Chemical/Biological Control
135What to look for
3277.2 BLACK CHAFF
136Disease cycle
3287.2.1 Disease Symptoms
137Hosts
3297.2.2 Favorable Environmental Conditions
138Management
3307.2.3 Management
139Net blotch
3317.3 CROWN AND ROOT ROT
140Spot form of net blotch—what to look for
3327.3.1 Disease Symptoms
141Net form of net blotch—what to look for
3337.3.2 Favorable Environmental Conditions
142Disease cycle
3347.3.3 Management
143Economic importance
3357.4 FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT (SCAB)
144Management
3367.4.1 Symptoms
1453.6.5 Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV)
3377.4.2 Favorable Environmental Conditions
146BYDV transmission
3387.4.3 Management
147Symptoms
3397.5 LEAF RUST
148Yield loss
3407.5.1 Disease Symptoms
149Additional yield loss by aphid feeding
3417.5.2 Favorable Weather Conditions
150Predicting infection
3427.5.3 Management
151Management
3437.6 TAN SPOT
152Seed dressings
3447.6.1 Disease Symptoms
153Insecticides
3457.6.2 Favorable Environmental Conditions
154BYDV resistance
3467.6.3 Management
155Delayed sowing
347Cultural Practices
156Green bridge
348Chemical / Biological Control
1573.6.6 Powdery Mildew
3497.7 WHEAT SOILBORNE MOSAIC VIRUS
158Disease life cycle
3507.7.1 Disease Symptoms
159Disease conditions
3517.7.2 Favorable Weather Conditions
160Choose the best variety
3527.7.3 Management
161Monitor the crop
3537.8 WHEAT STREAK MOSAIC VIRUS
162Fungicides and treatment of crops
3547.8.1 Disease Symptoms
163Fungicide resistance in the Southern Region
3557.8.2 Favorable Environmental Conditions
1643.6.7 Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus (WSMV)
3567.8.3 Management: Cultural Practices
1653.6.8 Barley Stripe
3577.9 Self-Assessment
1663.7 ROOT AND CROWN DISEASES
358Glossary
1673.7.1 Diagnosing Root Diseases in your Crop
359References
1683.7.2 Take-all: Control
360Index
1693.7.3 Crown Rot
361A
170Damage caused by Crown Rot
362B
171Symptoms
363C
172Effect of sowing time
364D
173Crown rot phases
365E
174Management
366F
175Crop rotation
367G
176Inter-row sowing
368H
177Stubble burning
369I
178Varietal resistance or tolerance
370J
1793.7.4 Pythium Root Rot
371L
180Symptoms
372M
181What else could it be?
373N
182Where does it occur?
374O
183Management strategies
375P
1843.7.5 Rhizoctonia Disease
376R
1853.7.6 Management Options
377S
186Summer weed control
378T
187Crop choice and rotations
379U
188Fungicide treatments
380V
189Nitrogen
381W
190Seeding systems and tillage
382Y
191Identifying risk
383Z
192Why is Rhizoctonia disease a problem?
