1.

Project Code

:

-

2.

Title

:

Studies on the epidemiology and control of mulberry diseases-Studies on new diseases of mulberry reported.

3.

Investigators

:

Sukumar J,Prasad KV,

4.

Project period

:

1987 - 1988

5.

Institute/ University

:

Karnataka State Sericulture Research and Development Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka

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Project cost

:

7.

Objectives

• To understand the epidemiology and control measures of new mulberry diseases.

8.

Important findings

The following new diseases were reported on mulberry

Stem & twig blight -Phoma exigua

Bud blight - Fusarium lateritium f. sp.mori Type-A

Bud blight -Haplosporella longisporum

Stem canker - Gliocladium roseum

Black root rot -Lasiodiplodia theobromae.