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Prevention and treatment of spot disease of pelargonium

Published: 2024-12-23 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/12/23, The main symptoms are damaging leaves, primary waterlogged spots, and then round, 2-3 mm in diameter, slightly sunken in the center, with a small brown center and a spreading edge around the yellow. The old spot can be up to 6-10 mm in diameter and is irregular, dark brown, with concentric lines and less light black mildew layer due to the limitation of leaf veins. Disease spots on the leaves can converge with each other for a long time, often making the leaves black, wrinkled and withered. The condition of the disease mainly occurs in the older and weak tissue, so it is more common in the lower old lobe. Overcast and rainy

The main symptoms are damaging leaves, primary waterlogged spots, and then round, 2-3 mm in diameter, slightly sunken in the center, with a small brown center and a spreading edge around the yellow. The old spot can be up to 6-10 mm in diameter and is irregular, dark brown, with concentric lines and less light black mildew layer due to the limitation of leaf veins. Disease spots on the leaves can converge with each other for a long time, often making the leaves black, wrinkled and withered.

The condition of the disease mainly occurs in the older and weak tissue, so it is more common in the lower old lobe. Overcast rain and excessive watering are beneficial to the occurrence of diseases.

Pathogen AlternariapelargoniiEll.EtEv. It belongs to the fungal semi-knowing subphylum, Trichospora, Alternaria, Geranium Alternaria. Conidiophores solitary or fascicled, olive brown, tip light, basal cells dilated, unbranched, geniculate flexion 0-2, septum 2-8, 24-80 × 3-5 microns. Conidia solitary, olive brown, obclavate, beak slightly longer, light color, spore diaphragm 3-7, mediastinal membrane 0-2, septum constricted, 16-54 × 8-13 microns. The sick and disabled body carries bacteria. The spore production of the pathogen is small, and it is mainly transmitted by cuttings with disease.

The control methods can refer to the prevention and control of chrysanthemum black spot.

 
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