Pests and diseases

Damping off

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Diseases

The advice below comes from each crop's guide — every item shows its source, region and date. It is pending expert review; ask your local officer whether it suits your area.

Chilli

  • Damping off (nursery)

    Treat seeds with Trichoderma asperellum at 4 g/kg or Pseudomonas fluorescens at 10 g/kg 24 hours before sowing. Apply P. fluorescens to the soil at 2.5 kg/ha with 50 kg of FYM, and avoid water stagnation.

    Pending expert review
    Source
    Crop Production Guide – Horticulture Crops 2020 (Directorate of Horticulture and Plantation Crops, Tamil Nadu & Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU)), Chilli – Diseases (Damping off), p. 77
    Region
    Tamil Nadu
    Last updated
    2026-11-04

Tomato

  • Damping off and wilt

    Damping off (nursery): treat seeds with Trichoderma asperellum at 4 g/kg or Pseudomonas fluorescens at 10 g/kg 24 hours before sowing, apply P. fluorescens to soil at 2.5 kg/ha with 50 kg of FYM, and avoid water stagnation. Fusarial wilt and root knot nematode: solarize the soil before preparing the nursery bed; use P. fluorescens as seed treatment (10 g/kg), nursery application (20 g/m²), seedling dip (5 g/l) and soil application (2.5 kg with 50 kg FYM per hectare at 30 days after transplanting).

    Pending expert review
    Source
    Crop Production Guide – Horticulture Crops 2020 (Directorate of Horticulture and Plantation Crops, Tamil Nadu & Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU)), Tomato – Diseases (Damping off; Fusarial wilt & root knot nematode), pp. 61–62
    Region
    Tamil Nadu
    Last updated
    2026-11-04

Brinjal

  • Damping off and nematodes

    Treat seeds with Trichoderma asperellum at 4 g/kg or Pseudomonas fluorescens at 10 g/kg 24 hours before sowing, apply P. fluorescens to soil at 2.5 kg/ha with 50 kg FYM, and avoid water stagnation. For nematodes with damping off, use Trichoderma seed treatment with pressmud at 5 kg/m², and Pseudomonas fluorescens at 10 g/m².

    Pending expert review
    Source
    Crop Production Guide – Horticulture Crops 2020 (Directorate of Horticulture and Plantation Crops, Tamil Nadu & Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU)), Brinjal – Diseases (Damping off; nematode complex), pp. 66–67
    Region
    Tamil Nadu
    Last updated
    2026-11-04

Cardamom

  • Pests and diseases: non-chemical measures in the source

    Shoot, panicle and capsule borer: pheromone traps at 12 per hectare. Mosaic (katte) disease, a serious disease, is spread by the banana aphid. The source also lists chemical sprays for thrips, aphids, hairy caterpillars, mites, damping off and capsule rot (azhukal) — ask your officer before using any.

    Pending expert review
    Source
    Crop Production Guide – Horticulture Crops 2020 (Directorate of Horticulture and Plantation Crops, Tamil Nadu & Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU)), Cardamom – Plant protection, pp. 169–170
    Region
    Tamil Nadu
    Last updated
    2026-11-05