Fungal Diseases in Plants
Fungal Diseases in Plants: Today, plants are one of the main sources for human survival. Plants are used in the food, pharmaceutical, industrial, and cosmetic industries; therefore, they are directly related to human survival.
Countries across the world earn millions of dollars through the import and export of plants annually.
The pests and diseases are among the major problems in plant growth and breeding, leading to millions of dollars annual damage to the farmers worldwide. Treatment and prevention of these diseases can reduce the damage.
Different Types of Fungal Diseases
Fungi are the most common cause of disease in plants.
Moisture is the main factor in the growth of fungal diseases because of the plant tissue decomposition.
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Pear Rust
- This type of fungal disease rarely kills the entire plant and usually grows parasitically on the living cells of the host plant, causing yellowish red-orange spots on the plant.
- Pear Rust usually attacks the leaves and damages the seedlings of the plants.
- The disease mainly infects wheat, corn, carrots, onions, asparagus, beans, peas, and pears. Flies and bees play a major role in moving these fungi because fungi can grow well in nectar, which is also a favorite of insects.
- The growth of this fungus is primarily in the form of a shell which spreads into a mesh network after a while.
- This fungus grows and reproduces rapidly and destroys the plant yield.
The Main Treatments
- Metallic copper 30 C
- Anthracinum 200 C
- Rhus tox 30 C
- Natrum sulfuric 30 C
- Gelsemium 200 C
- Thuja 200 C
Blight
This type of fungal disease can damage the entire greenhouse tomato crop in a few days.
Symptoms of Infection
- Fruit wrinkling and hardness
- Appearance of brown spots on the plant stem
- Damage to the seedlings
The Main Treatments
- Natrum sulfuric 30 C
- Copper metallic 30
- Carb WG 30C
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Leaf Curl
The disease usually affects apricot and peach trees and occurs in areas with humid weather.
Infection Symptoms
- The branches and leaves become thick and puckered.
- The leaves curl after germination.
- Damage to the fruits
- The leaves turn brown and drop.
The Main Treatments
- Natrum sulfuric 30 C
- Thuja 30 C
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Cancer
The disease kills young plants within two years, mostly in the fall and winter.
Infection Symptoms
- Deep cracks in the wood
- Damage to the stem and leaves
- Brown spots on fruits and around the calyx
The Main Treatments
- Thuja 30 C
- Nsude
- Sulfur 200 C
- Carcinosinum 30 C
- Carb WG 30 C
- Calendula 30 C
- Carb WG 30C
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