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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