Forewarning and control measures of major diseases and pest of muga silkworm and host plants:

 

FOREWARNING CALENDAR OF SOM DISEASES

CONTROL MEASURES:

Leaf spot disease:

Cultural method: Regular cultural operations, pruning and pollarding prevent the disease.

Chemical control: Application of 0.1% Dithane M-45 (1gm/1lit.) twice at 15 days interval before the peak season of incidence control the disease up to 96%.

 

Anthracnose of som

Mechanical control: Plucking of infected parts and destroyed by burning the parts helps to destroy the disease pathogen.

Chemical control: Application of 0.1% Bavistin (1gm/1lit.) twice at 15 days interval before the peak season of incidence control the disease up to 96%.

 

Grey blight disease

 

Cultural: Timely cultural operation, pruning and pollarding can prevent the disease.

Chemical: Foliar spray of 0.1 % (1gm/10L) Bavistin twice in 15 days interval can check the disease up to 85.2%.

 

 

FOREWARNING CALENDAR OF SOALU DISEASES  

 

CONTROL MEASURES:

 

Grey blight disease

Cultural method: Timely cultural operation, pruning and pollarding can prevent the disease.

Chemical control: Foliar spray of 0.1 % (1gm/10L) Bavistin twice in 15 days interval can check the disease up to 85.2%.

 

Brown blight disease

Bio-control method: Spraying of Phyto-blighton the anti blight bio-formulation @ doses: 50 ml /liter of water control the disease up to 84% at the interval of 15 days.

Chemical method: Application of Blitox - 50 @ 3gm/L water

 

FOREWARNING CALENDAR FOR DISEASE OF SILKWORM

 

 

FOREWARNING CALENDAR FOR UZI OF SILKWORM

 

Updated Forewarning Calendar districts wise (Host Plants and Silkworm)

Disease calendar for the quarter ending September 2014