PHOMOPSIS BLIGHT OF Solanum melongena – BRINJAL/EGGPLANT
RAGHAVENDRA REDDY MANDA
Department of Plant Pathology, School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara – 144 411, Punjab, India
VENKATA AVINASH ADDANKI
Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and the Environment, University of Padua, Padova – 35122, Italy
SEWETA SRIVASTAVA *
Department of Plant Pathology, School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara – 144 411, Punjab, India
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Brinjal is one of the most important vegetable that is cultivated round the world. It belongs to the family Solanaceae. It is affected by plethora of diseases, one of which is Phomopsis blight or fruit rot. It is caused by devastating fungi Phomopsis vexans. Phomopsis blight is one of the most important biotic factor limiting the production of brinjal. It is regarded as an important disease because it makes the fruit of brinjal unmarketable and inedible limiting their role in income generation, nutrition and health. This disease reduces the production by about 40 – 70%. Phomopsis vexans attacks the stem and cause wilting, it also penetrates into fruit creating a soft rot. This pathogen can affect all the parts of the plants at any stage of the development. This review focuses on the nature of the pathogen, symptoms and signs, Epidemiology, Detection and diagnosis, management of Phomopsis blight of brinjal.
Keywords: Phomopsis blight, Phomopsis vexans, conidia, pycnidia, anamorph, teleomorph, detection, diagnosis and management.