Vegetable Diseases and Their Control in India
Vegetables provide essential vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and phytochemicals and are important for the food and nutritional security of the country. Some important vegetable crops grown in India are Potato, Onion, Tomato, Cucumber, Frozen Peas, Cauliflower, Cabbage, Bean, Brinjal, Garlic, and Okra. India is the second-largest producer of vegetable crops in the world (ranks next to China) and accounts for about 15% of the world’s production of vegetables. India produces approximately 163.38 million metric tonnes of vegetables from an area of 9.35 million hectares with an average productivity of 17 Mt/Ha. However, the vegetable requirement is 300g/day/person as recommended by the dietician; we can meet only around 1/9th of that requirement. In this article we also discuss below topics about vegetable diseases;
- Tips for managing fungal diseases
- Types of vegetable diseases
- Vegetable diseases and their control in India
- Diseases of vegetable crops in India
- Bacterial diseases of vegetable crops
- How do you prevent vegetable fungus
- Tips for managing bacterial vegetable diseases
A Step by Step Guide to Vegetable Diseases and their Control
Perfectly healthy vegetable crops can be affected by air, water, or soil-borne diseases at any time. Understanding the causes, identifying them early, and taking effective action will help you establish and keep a healthy vegetable garden. The vegetables are subjected to several plant pathogens like fungi, bacteria, and viruses. These pathogens are agents that cause diseases. Our warm and humid environments are conducive to the development of several diseases. Also, continuous cropping and poor agronomic practices contribute to disease development. Diseased vegetable crops are frequently expressed by the development and production of symptoms. Some common symptoms on specific parts of plants include wilting, discoloration, spotting, distortion, swelling, stunting, elongation, or rotting of plant leaves, stems, fruits, or roots.
