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Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Successful cultivation of onion in recent years has met with different problems such as pests and diseases. Among the various fungal diseases, purple blotch caused by Alternaria porri (Ellis) Cif. is one of the most serious disease of onion which causes extensive damage to bulbs as well as seed crop. The study was carried out in northern Karnataka. Survey on the disease in the field showed the extent of purple blotch disease affecting the crop and quality of the bulbs in different locations which was widespread particularly in rainy season / high moisture conditions and incidence and severity of disease was more in Uttara Kannada district of Honnali village (69.33 PDI). While the lowest (17.33 PDI) was recorded in Annigere village in Dharwad district.