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Black spot of Impatiens balsamina

Published: 2024-11-08 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/08, [symptoms] the lesion of the damaged leaves was round, oval, dark brown, slightly wheeled, 2mm in diameter and slightly darker at the edge. Some disease spots can expand and connect into pieces, overgrowth of light green or olive black mildew, that is, the conidiophores and conidia of the pathogen. The old leaves in the middle and lower parts are easy to be infected, and in severe cases, the diseased leaves shrink and die. [pathogen] AlternariatenuisNees. It belongs to the subphylum of semi-knowns and Alternaria. Conidiophores erect, brown

[symptoms]

The lesion of the damaged leaves is round, oval, dark brown, slightly wheeled, 2mm in diameter and slightly darker at the edge. Some disease spots can expand and connect into pieces, overgrowth of light green or olive black mildew, that is, the conidiophores and conidia of the pathogen. The old leaves in the middle and lower parts are easy to be infected, and in severe cases, the diseased leaves shrink and die.

[pathogen]

AlternariatenuisNees. It belongs to the subphylum of semi-knowns and Alternaria. Conidiophores erect, brown, flexion, apical disease often enlarged with spore scars, size 5-125um × 3-6um. Conidia chain, beaked, dark brown, 1-9 transverse septum, 0-6 mediastinum, 7-70.5um in size, 1-58.5um × 1.5-7.5um in beak.

[morbidity regularity]

The pathogen overwintered with mycelium on the remnant of the diseased plant, and when the conditions were suitable in the spring of the following year, conidia were produced to cause primary infection. A large number of conidia are produced on the new disease spot, which are spread by airflow and cause many times of re-infection. High humidity, rainy and re-dew are beneficial to the disease and epidemic. The peak period of the disease is from July to August in the northeast until the first and middle of September.

[prevention and control methods]

(1) remove the remains of diseased plants in nursery or potted plants, bury them deeply or burn them, reduce the amount of overwintering bacteria, dig deep into the soil or rotate with other flowers. Strengthen cultivation management, rational fertilization and irrigation, improve plant disease resistance. Remove the lower old and diseased leaves in time.

(2) spray 1% Bordeaux solution before onset, and spray 50% carbendazim or 50% topiramine wettable powder 800 / 1000 times or 50% carbendazim 800 times after onset.

 
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