Fly speck ( Zygophiala jamaicensis )
1. Introduction
Flyspeck appears as groups of small, shiny, black dots on the fruit surface. Fruit may be infected by heavy spore dissemination on twigs of various wild trees. The disease develops in rainy summer weather when nighttime temperatures and overall humidity remains high. It infects fruit from after petal fall through late summer.
2. Symptoms
3. Damage caused
4. Confused with
5. Disease cycle
6. Pathogen biology
7. Management
Conceptualized, Designed and Developed by Shabir Ahmad Mir, Sr. Computer Programmer, KVK (Farm Science Centre), Kulgam, Kashmir.
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