1. Presented By:-
Kuldeep Garwa

3. Beet Pests
Beet Leaf Miner (Pegomyia hyocyami ) :
• The adult female lays eggs on the underside of the
leaves.
• The maggots after hatching from the eggs attack
tender leaves and feed in the epidermal layers of the
leaf by making serpentine mines in which air gets
trapped and gives them silvery appearance.
• Such leaves gradually dry and die away.
Control:-Destruction of all fallen leaves and other
plant debris.
• Spraying with Methyl Demeton (0.03%) and
Phosphamidon (0.035%) is effective.

4. Beet Leaf Miner

5. Web Worms (Hymenia sp. or
Loxostege sp.) :
• Eggs are laid in clusters on the
undersurface of the leaves and held
together by gelatinous glue.
• Green caterpillars web up the leaves and
live inside the knotted mass.
• Flowering and pod formation is adversely
affected.
Control:
• Removal and destruction of webbed
bunches of leaf help to check the further
spread of the disease.
• Spraying with Rogor (1 ml/litre of water)
is effective.

6. Semiloopers (Plusia spp.) :
• The green caterpillars voraciously feed on the foliage
damaging green foliage badly.
Control: Hand picking the larvae and spraying the
crop with Carbaryll (0.1%) controls the pest.

7. Carrot Pests
Carrot Rust Fly (Psila rosae):
• The larvae mine in the roots, causing holes that are
subject to rot by secondary organisms.
• Heavy maggot feeding is indicated by drooping,
discolored foliage.
Control: Cultural methods such as deep plowing,
rotation of crops, and destruction of wild hosts help to
check the pest population.
• Soil application of Carbofuran at a depth of 10-15 cm
effectively controls the pest.

8. Carrot Rust Fly

9. Thrips (Thrips tabacii):
• Adults and larvae suck the cell sap from the leaves of
the plants.
• White blotches appear on leaves.
Control: Spraying of insecticides like
Monocrotophos (0.1%) or Malathion (0.05%) offer a
good control.
Nematode (Heterodera carotae, Meloidogyne sp.)
• Nematodes can cause serious problems in carrots and
result in substantial yield losses.
• Nematodes can cause roots to become forked and
therefore unmarketable.
Control: Soil treatment with Nemagon is effective in
reducing the nematode population.

10. Nematode Effected Carrots

11. Turnip Pests
• Aphids (Myzus persicae,
Lipaphis erysimi)
• The nymphs and adults suck
the cell sap.
• Affected parts become
discolored and malformed.
• High humidity favours rapid
multiplication of this pest.
• Control: Spraying of
Monocrotophos (0.05%) or
Malathion (0.1%) at 10-15
days interval.

12. Radish Pests
Aphids (Myzus persicae, Brevicoryne brassicae,
Lipaphis erysimi)
• The nymphs and adults suck the cell sap and
devitalize plants.
• Affected parts become discolored and malformed.
• High humidity favour rapid multiplication of this
pest.
Control: Spraying of Monocrotophos (0.05%) or
Malathion (0.1%) at 10-15 days interval.
• To prevent recurrence of the pest granular
insecticides like Phorate @ 1.0 kg a.i./ha should be
applied to soil.

13. Mustard Sawfly (Athalia proxima)
• The pest attack is observed in the vegetative and
flowering stage of the crop.
• The adult female lays eggs inside the leaf tissue.
• The grubs after hatching from the eggs feed on the
leaves by making small holes.
Control: Hand picking of larvae when the area
involved is small, or spraying with Malathion 50 EC
(1ml/litre of water) twice at an interval of 10 days is
recommended.

15. Beet
Leaf Spot (Cercospora beticola) :
• This is a commonly occurring disease on foliage of beet
roots.
• High humidity usually favours the spread of this disease.
• Numerous small circular spots appear on the leaf surface.
• The spots increase in size, becoming brownish or
purplish in color.
Control:
• Removal and destruction of affected plants.
• Spraying with Copper Oxychloride (0.3 %) thrice at an
interval of 15 days.

16. Leaf Spot

17. Downy Mildew (Perenospora
schachtti) :
• The disease is mostly prevalent during
the cooler months.
• Symptoms appear as irregular greasy
greyish areas on the leaves.
• Under moist conditions, these areas
expand rapidly and a white powdery
growth appears on the lower surface of
the affected leaves.
• Affected leaf dries and shrivels quickly.
Control:
• Preventive measures
• Seed treatment with Thiram (2.5-3 g/kg of
seed)
• Spraying with Dithane Z-78 (0.3 %) thrice at
an interval of 15 days.

18. Mosaic :
• The disease is normally transmitted and spread by aphids.
• Symptoms appear as conspicuous mottling with chlorotic,
zonate ring spots on the leaf surface.
• Virus infected plants remain stunted and may lose some
leaves.
• Control: Destruction of infected plants and controlling
the aphid population by spraying Malathion (2ml/litre of
water) prevents the spread of the disease.

19. Curly-top :
• This disease is transmitted by beet leaf hoppers.
• Generally, mottling is absent, but infected plant parts
may become distorted through curling, twisting,
rolling, stunting, etc.
• Leaves become thickened and leathery.
Control:
• Regulating the time of planting in order to avoid the
main flights of the beet leafhopper;
• Use of barriers of trap crops and early removal and
destruction of infected plants.
• Spraying Malathion (2ml/litre of water) controls the
population of beet leaf hoppers.

20. Beet Yellows :
• This disease is transmitted mainly through aphids.
• The important symptoms of the disease include
yellow spots on the young leaves in the initial stages
of infection.
• As the disease progresses, the leaves exhibit irregular
yellow patches alternating with normal green colour
of the leaves.
Control: Control measures include removal of
infected plants and weeds from the field.
• The disease incidence can be minimised by
controlling the population of aphids by spraying
Oxydemeton Methyl 25EC (2ml/litre of water).

21. Purple Leaf of Beet :
• This viral disease is caused by a strain of tobacco
mosaic virus (TMV).
• The infected plants are stunted.
• Few leaves develop minute necrotic lesions all
over the lamina.
Control: Removal and destruction of virus-
infected plants and weed hosts helps in
minimising disease.

22. Purple Leaf of Beet

23. Radish Diseases
Alternaria Blight (Alternaria raphani):
• Symptoms of the disease first appear on the leaves in
the form of small, yellowish, slightly raised lesions.
• Lesions appear later on the stems and seed pods.
• Infection spreads rapidly during rainy weather.
Control: Though hot water treatment of the seed
kills the fungus, use of diseases- free seeds is
recommended.
• Regular spraying with Difolatan (0.3%) or Dithane M
45 (0.2%) or Ridomil (0.1%) controls the disease
effectively.

24. Alternaria Blight

25. White Rust (Albugo candida):
• Disease attacks the leaves and
flowering shoots.
• White powdery substance in
patches is observed on the under
surface of the leaves.
Control: Clean cultivation and
use of resistant varieties help to
prevent the disease.
• Regular spraying with Dithane Z
78 (0.2%) effectively control.

26. Root Rot of Radish (Erwinia rhapontici)
• Symptoms appear as rotting of pith tissues resulting in
cavity formation and wilting of plants.
• The disease spreads when the roots are transplanted
for seed production.
Control: Dipping of the seeds in a solution of
Agrimycin-100 (100 ppm) at the time of sowing is
effective in checking the disease.
Radish Mosaic Virus (RMV):
• The symptoms first appear as small, circular to
irregular, chlorotic lesion in between and adjacent to
the veins.
• It is transmitted through aphids.
Control: Spray of Dimecron (0.05%) or
Monocrotophos (0.05%) at 10 days interval.

27. Radish Phyllody:
• The disease is transmitted by
jassid Orosius albicinctus.
• The symptoms of the disease
appear at the time of flowering
when all the floral parts
become green violet and leafy.
• The sepals and petals become
green thick knob headed
leaves.
Control: One or two sprays of
Monocrotophos (0.05%) or
Phosphamidon (0.05%) .

28. Turnip Diseases
o Alternaria Leaf Spot
(Alternaria spp.):
• Symptoms of the disease first appear
on the leaves of seed stem in the
form of small, yellowish, slightly
raised lesions.
• Lesions appear later on the stems
and seed pods.
Control: Hot water treatment.
• Regular spraying with Difolatan
(0.3%) or Dithane M 45 (0.2%) or
Ridomil (0.1%) controls the disease
effectively.

29. White Rust

30. o Turnip Phyllody:
• The disease is transmitted by jassid.
• The symptoms of the disease appear at the time of
flowering when all the floral parts become green
violet and leafy.
Control: One or two spray of Monocrotophos
(0.05%) or Phosphamidon (0.05%) or Oxydemetan
Methyl (0.02%) is effective.

31. o Turnip Crinkle Virus:
• The disease is characterized by crinkling of leaves.
• The infected leaves show rugged, appearance,
develop yellow patches and are brittle.
• Later on, the affected leaves begin to die and wither
away.
Control: Use of resistant varieties.
• Adopting sanitary measures including the eradication
of susceptible weeds and susceptible volunteer crop
plants.

32. Turnip mosaic virus

33. Carrot Diseases
Cercospora Leaf Blight (Cercospora
carotae):
• The disease produce severe blighting if wet
weather is prolonged during the growing season.
• The symptoms first appear along the margins of
the leaves, often causing the leaves to curl.
• Spots inside the leaf edges are small, roughly
circular, gray to brown with a dead center.
Control:
• The use of disease-free seed.
• Early applications of Foltaf (0.2%), Copper
Oxychloride (0.3%), effectively control.

34. Cercospora Leaf Blight

35. Alternaria Blight (Alternaria dauci):
• Alternaria leaf spots first appear at the margin of the
leaflets and are dark brown to black and irregular in
shape.
• As the disease progresses entire leaflets may shrivel
and die, appearing scorched.
Control:
• Seed treatment with Thiram (3g/kg of seed) is
effective.
• Crop rotation and destruction of infected plant
material.
• Fungicidal applications with Foltaf (0.2%), Copper
Oxychloride (0.3%) satisfactorily controls the disease.

36. Alternaria Blight

37. Powdery Mildew
(Erysiphe polygoni):
• The symptoms appear as
white powdery growth on
the leaves and petioles
causing the leaves to turn
brown and wilt.
Control: Spraying
Bavistin (0.1%) or Benlate
(0.1%) at an interval of 8-
10 days effectively controls
the disease.

38. Watery soft Rot (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum):
• The disease is present in soil or storage areas and
often shows up after the crop has been harvested.
• Symptoms can be identified in the field as
characteristic white mold with black sclerotia
present on the crown of infected carrots.
Control: Crop rotation, weed control (to improve
air circulation), planting on raised beds, winter
flooding all components are all necessary to
reduce losses from this disease.

39. Watery soft Rot

40. Black Rot (Alternaria radicina):
• This disease can be seed and soil-borne and is
characterized by a shiny black decay at the crown
area and a greenish-black mold on the taproot.
• The infected tissue is greenish black to jet black due
presence of masses of black spores.
• This disease affects the roots in the field well as in
storage.
Control:
• Proper field sanitation and practicing rotation helps to
keep the disease under control.
• The root surface should kept dry and stored at 00C
with 95 % relative humidity.

42. Bacterial soft Rot (Erwinia carotovora p.v.
carotovora and atroseptica):
• Bacterial soft rots of carrots occur only when soil
conditions are wet or storage conditions are poor.
• Soft water-soaked, irregular lesions appear on the
roots.
Control:
• Planting on raised beds in poorly drained areas may
reduce bacterial infections.
• Careful harvest handling, grading and sanitation are
the only ways to reduce the problem.

43. Bacterial soft Rot

44. Carrot Yellows
• The affected leaves become yellow accompanied by
vein clearing.
• Dormant buds in the crown grow out into chloratic
shoots, which give a withers broom appearance on
the top.
• Size and quality of roots are reduced and malformed.
• The internal texture of roots show marked changes.
Control:
• Weed control especially of those acting as alternate
host eliminates the disease.
• Spraying insecticides to control the leaf hopper
population helps to reduce the disease attack.

45. Carrot Yellows

47. Beet Disorders
Internal Black Spot/ Brown Heart :
• This disorder is caused due to Boron deficiency.
• Boron deficient plants usually remain dwarf or
stunted.
• The leaves are smaller than normal.
• The growing points may die and decay.
Control: Application of borax to the soil is
recommended.
• The quantity of borax needed should be based on
nature of the soil and soil pH.

48. Carrot Disorders
Carrot Splitting
• Splitting or cracking of carrot is a major problem in
many carrot growing areas.
• Additions of excess nitrogen can result in splitting of
carrots especially if rain or heavy irrigation occurs
shortly after application.
Control: Nitrogen applications should be kept to a
minimum during the early growing period.
• Heavy applications in the early part of the season can
predispose carrots to more severe cold injury in cases
of low temperatures.

49. Carrot Splitting

50. Cavity Spot
• Cavity spot is characterized by
elliptical to irregularly shaped,
depressed lesions oriented across
the mature carrot tap roots.
• Lesions begin as pinpoint, sunken
spots and generally enlarge as
roots mature.
Control:
• Older carrots are more susceptible
to infection.
• Providing excess irrigation to the
crop should be avoided.

51. Carrot Forking

52. Bitterness
• Pre-harvest stress (improper irrigation scheduling) or
exposure to ethylene from ripening rooms or mixing
with commodities such as apples may cause
bitterness.

53. Radish Disorders
Pore development or Pithiness
• It is caused by excessive root growth in comparison
with the corresponding assimilation ability of leaf
tissue.
• Physiologically, parenchymatous cells in root tissue
are collapsed.
• When harvesting is delayed, this disorder is more
pronounced.
Control:To avoid the pore extent, harvesting should
be done at appropriate time.

54. Elongated root or Forking
• The disorder is due to the excess moisture during the
root development of radish and carrot.
• It also occurs in heavy soil due to the soil
compactness.
• Un-decomposed organic manure favours elongated
root in radish.
Control:
• It can be corrected by reducing the moisture from the
field, by balanced irrigation and also by sowing the
radish and carrot in sandy loam or light soil having
soils of loose and friable in nature.

55. Radish forking

56. Bolting
• Development of seed stalk without proper
development of economically important / edible
vegetative part is termed as bolting.
• Radish is a seed vernalizing crop in response to
low temperature.
• The degree of bolting ability has been studied
because of its disadvantage in cultivation, and
breeding research has been directed toward late
bolting.