Horticultural crops :: Fruits:: Papaya
| Papaya ring spot: Papaya ring spot virus |
Symptoms
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Vein clearing, puckering and chlorophyll leaf tissues lobbing in.
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Margin and distal parts of leaves roll downward and inwards, mosaic mottling, dark green blisters, leaf distortion which result in shoe string system and stunting of plants.
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On fruits circular concentric rings are produced.If affected earlier no fruit formation.
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| Papaya ring spot virus on leaves |
Management
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Raise papaya seedlings under insect-proof conditions.
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Plant disease free seedlings.
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Raise sorghum / maize as barrier crop before planting papaya.
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Rogue out affected plants immediately on noticing symptoms.
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Donot raise cucurbits around the field.
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