Mango malformation
“Three types of symptoms: bunchy top phase, floral malformation and vegetative malformation. In bunchy top phase in nursery bunching of thickened small shoots, bearing small rudimentally leaves. Shoots remain short and stunted giving a bunchy top appearance. In vegetative malformation, excessive vegetative branches of limited growth in seedlings. They are swollen with short internodes forming bunches of various size and the top of the seedlings shows bunchy top appearance.
In malformation of inflorescens, shows variation in the panicle. Malformed head dries up in black mass and persist for long time. Secondary branches are transformed into number of small leaves giving a witches broom appearance. ”
Disease causing Species Name:
Fusarium moliliforme var. subglutinans
Major Plants under threat:
Mango
Method of Application:
Seed treatment, soil application, foliar spray
Intervals:
ABTEC Pseudo is mainly used for direct soil application, seed treatment and foliar spraying. Apply in wet soil as basal dose along with organic manure and refresh it periodically along with organic manure.Spray on the foliage during evening hours.
Dosage:
“The normal dosage of ABTEC Pseudo is 20g per plant.
Seed treatment: Spray the seeds with a sticky / gummy solution like starch solution or jaggery solution, so that the surface of the seed will be wet. Take ABTEC Pseudo in a tray (@ 25 g/1 kg of seeds), add the wet seeds to this and gently mix by rolling the seeds in the powder so that the seeds will be coated uniformly. Dry the seeds in shade for 30 minutes and sow within a day. For seedlings, dip the seedlings in a slurry of ABTEC Pseudo ( make a
5 – 10% slurry in sticky solution) for 5 – 10 minutes before planting.
Soil Application: ABTEC Pseudo can be used for soil application after mixing with appropriate amount of ABTEC Super Organic Manure or Farm Yard Manure @ 20kg /Ha.
Foliar Spray: Mix 1kg ABTEC Pseudo in 50 litres of water and spray on the foliage.”
