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Major diseases and its management in Lemon

Major Diseases

Chemicals used

Dosage

Mode of action

Any other methods like IPM,biological control,etc

lemon Powdery mildew

a)      dinocap

b)      tridemorph

0.25%/ac

0.05%/ac

Contact

Contact

Water shoots should be pruned.

Lemon canker

a)      copper oxychloride

b)      steptocyclin

0.3%/ac

 

100ppm/ac

systemic

 

systemic

 

Spray neem cake solution

Lemon armilllaria root rot

a) methyl bromide

350-450 lb/acre

systemic

 

Infected trees are removed

Lemon bacterial blast

a)bordeaux

10-25gal/tree

systemic

 

Planting wind breaks and using bushy cultivars

Lemon botryitis rot

a)bordeaux

10-25gal/tree

Contact

Avoiding mechanical injury and pruning regularly

Lemon brown rot

Zinc sulphate-copper sulphate-hydrated lime

Fosetyl-al

10/24gal/tree

 

 

5lb/acre

systemic

 

Pruning tree skirtsor 24 inches above from the ground

Lemon dry rot rot

a)benzimidazole

 

0.5%/ac

systemic

 

Biocontrol with tricordema

Lemon phytophthora gummosis

a)foestyl-al

 

b)mefanoxam

2.5-5 lb/5gal

 

1qt/3gal

Contact

systemic

 

The first lateral are covered with soil

Lemon septoria spot

Zinc sulphate-copper sulphate-hydrated lime

10-25 gal/tree

systemic

 

Apply  a preventive copper spray

Lemon alternaria rot

a)benomyl

b) bordeaux

0.5%/ac

10-25 gal/tree

systemic

Contact

Preventing stress & damaging of fruits

Lemon pink disease

a)Benzimidazole

 

0.5%/ac

systemic

 

Pruning of infected & dried branches.

 

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