Major disease in cucumber

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is one of the most important vegetable crop belongs to family Solanaceae. The production quality of tomato affected by array of biotic and abiotic stresses. Of these, biotic factors especially viruses are major constraint in tomato production. Among viruses infecting tomato, Tomato leaf curl virus (ToLCV), Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV), Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), Tomato mosaic virus (ToMV), and Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) presently known to contribute consistently to yield losses of tomato crop.

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Powdery mildew is very important foliar disease of cucumber among major cucurbits growing areas of Karnataka which results in huge economic loss. Disease first appear on the leaves thirty days after sowing and continue to produce white mycelial growth on various aerial plant parts up to the harvest. Survey results revealed that the disease severity of powdery mildew in all the cucumber growing areas of northern Karnataka is low to severe (10.25 to 63.08 %).

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(Cucumis sativus L.) is one of the oldest cultivated vegetable crops belongs to the family cucurbitaceous with 7 pairs of chromosomes and several distinct morphological features stands apart from other species with 12 pairs of chromosomes which are indigenous to tropical Africa. Now a day’s powdery mildew has become a major disease in cucumber, since there is no detailed quantitative information on effective management of the disease resistance genotypes plays an important role to combat against pathogen.

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