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12 Important Diseases Of Okra (abelmoschus Esculentus) by Hassanoscope(m): 2:58pm On Sep 23, 2022
Okra is one of the important vegetable crops and having very amazing nutrition quality. In this article, we mainly concentrated on the most important disease of the okra and its impact on the production and productivity.
The diseases of Okra include:

Damping-off: Seedlings appear wilted, yellowed and either depression, light brown ring-shaped lesions or water-soaked, dark green lesions are found on the collar. This disease can cause an 80% reduction in okra seed emergence. The very widespread disease mostly affects seed germination (pre-emergence damping off). When damping-off occurs, seedlings emerge later and are sparse.
Fusarium wilt: In the event of a severe attack, many leaves droop and become chlorotic. This produces overall wilting of the plant which subsequently dries out and dies. Infections are most likely to occur in soils with low potassium content and high acidity.
Cercospora leaf spots / Cercospora leaf blight / Black mould: The disease weakens the plant’s assimilation capacity by diminishing the leaf area which adversely affects fruit yield. The disease shows on the lower surface of the leaves as greyish spores that later become black and sooty.
Powdery mildew of okra: On the leaves, the disease shows on both surfaces in the form of small greyish-white downy spots.
Bacterial blight of okra: It causes the death of seedlings and loss of young plants and several infections often cause premature leaf fall.
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