Plant Protection

(1) Management of Late Blight         (3) Management of White flies and Aphid Vectors        (4) Management of other Insect and Pests

(2) Integrated Management of Bacterial Wilt

(i) Soil solarization by covering the plot with linear low density polyethylene of 25 mm thick (LLDPE) sheet during summer for at least 15 days.

(ii) Use healthy seed tubers obtained from bacterial wilt-free regions.

(iii) Dip well chitted tubers in 0.25% (10⁶CFU/ml) suspension of Bacillus subtilis (Bio B-5) and dry under shade before planting.

(iv) Crop rotation with finger millet or ragi.

(v) Soil application with stable bleaching powder @12 kg/ha.

(vi) Deep summer and winter ploughing twice at 15 days interwal in plains and hills respectively.

                                                            Bacterial wilt infestation