REVIEW ON EPIDEMIOLOGY, SAMPLING TECHNIQUES, MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES OF LATE BLIGHT (Phytophthora infestans) OF POTATO AND ITS YIELD LOSS | Asian Journal of Advances in Research
Late blight of potato, caused by Phytophtora infestans, is the most common polycyclic oomycete disease in the world, with yield losses ranging from 5-100 percent. Wind, rain splash, seed tubers, farm machinery, and animals may all disperse pathogen spores. Losses due to Phytophthora infestans are estimated to be worth € 12 billion per year, with losses in developing countries costing around € 10 billion per year. The disease assessment is performed one to two weeks after flowering (45 to 65 days old), when the crop is most susceptible to late blight epidemics, and each sample is graded on a standard scale of 1-100 percent. Potato late blight can be efficiently controlled by combining all methods, such as removing contaminated volunteer potatoes and other hosts. adjusting the planting date and cleaning the seed tuber, using resistant species, seed dressing fungicides such as metalaxyl, and using Pseudomonas and Bacillus biosurfactants, among other things As a result, using comprehensive disease management as the appropriate management method to address the issue is beneficial. Please see the link :- https://mbimph.com/index.php/AJOAIR/article/view/1976
