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Damping off Disease in Nursery | How to prevent and control damping off disease in nursery seedlings

Damping-off Disease in Vegetables Nursery Seedbeds: Damping off in vegetable seedlings is a very common fungal disease which is caused by pathogen found in soil and plant debris. Farmers uses farmyard manure which is main cause of introduction of fungal pathogen in nursery. Fungus grow very well on high moisture. When a vegetable grower irrigate nursery with excess of water, fungus attack on new emerging seedling's leaves, roots or stem. Attacked or infested stem looks discoloured from the point of infection. Young leaves become dead and discoloured grey to brown. Damping off disease spreads in cool environment. Chemical Control: Use fungicides such as Thiofenate methyl @ 2-3 gram per liter of water and spray it on seedlings. Tips to avoid or prevent Damping off in nursery: 1) Do not use farmyard manure in nursery 2) Grow nursery on raised seedbeds in order to have proper drainage as poor drainage is main cause of this fungal disease. 3) Sterilize seedbeds by burning of grasses on seedbeds one day before sowing of seed and mix the ash in soil of seedbeds. #dampingoff #nurserydisease