| Name of the diesease | Symptoms | Control Measures |
| ANTHRACNOSE
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| Disease areas on fruits develop as dark, round, sunken spots. Infected fruits drop off prematurely. Black, minute spots develop on infected seed.
| 1. Treat seed with organomercurials, Thiram (0.2%) or Brassico (0.2%).
2. Spray Difolatan (0.2%) or Dithane M-45 (0.2%) or Blue Copper/Blitox (0.4%) at 15 days interval.
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| POWEDERY MILDEW | White talcum powder like growth on the leaf. Diseased leaves are shed, plant remains stunted.
| Spray Sulfex (0.2%) at 10 days interval |
| LEAF SPOT |
| (a)Cercospora leaf spot | Oval or oblong spots with light grey centres on leaves ; stalks and stem. Infected leaves drop off prematurely. | 1. Treat seed with Bavistin (0.2%) or Dithane M-45 (0.2%).
2. Spray Bavistin (0.1%) or Difolatan (0.2% or Dithane M-45 or Dithane Z-78 (0.2%) at 15 days interval.
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| (b)Alternaria leaf spot | Irregular, brown to dark brown spots with concentric rings inside the spots. Fruits are also attacked rarely. Diseased leaves are shed prematurely. Affected seeds are discolored.
| 1. Spray Dithane M-45 (0.2% or Dithane Z-78 (0.2%) or Blitox/ Blue Copper (0.4%).
2. Treat the seed with Thiram (0.2%) or Dithane M-45 (0.2%) or Captan (0.2%) .
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| 4. CHILLI MOSAIC
(caused by cucumber mosaic virus)
| Infected plants exhibit mosaic mottling blistering and deformation of leaves. At times small rings are also observed on the leaves. Mottling symptoms are also noticed on the infected fruits.
| 1. All the infected plants should be removed from the field.
2. Application of Furadon @ 1 kg a.i. /ha at the time of transplanting seedlings. This should be followed by 3-4 foliar sprays of either monocrotophos (0.05%) or Dimecron (0.05%) at 10 days interval
3. Application of mineral oils like Krishi Oil or Sunoco 7 E (2%) are also effective in controlling this disease.
4.Barrier crops like sunflower or jowar or Bajra should be sown all around chilli crop at least 2 months before transplanting the chilli seedlings.
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| CHILLI MOSAIC
(caused by potato virus Y)
| This disease characterized by several mosaic mottling, vein banding and interveinal chlorosis of the infected leaves. Fruits from infected plant show chlorotic streaks and rough skin.
| Same as described for chilli mosaic caused by cucumber mosaic virus.
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| CHILLI LEAF CURL | Symptoms consists of abexial and adexial curling of the leaves accompanied by puckering and blistering of intervenial areas and thickening and swelling of the veins.
| 1Same as described for the control of chilli mosaic
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