Influence of Weather Parameters on The Incidence of Phytophthora Foot Rot of Betelvine Kavitha M.1,*, Kadiri Lalitha2 1Citrus Research Station, Dr. Y.S.R.H.U., Petlur, Venkatagiri, Andhra Pradesh 2Horticultural College and Research Institute, Dr. Y.S.R.H.U., Anantharajupeta, Andhra Pradesh *email: kavithamaram@gmail.com
Online published on 23 December, 2016. Abstract Epidemiological studies on Phytophthora foot and leaf rot disease of betelvine proved that, the foot rot incidence was high between 2nd week of December and 1st week of February and peak incidence was recorded in 3rd week of January. Among all the weather parameters, minimum temperature and morning relative humidity were important factors which influenced the incidence up to 85 per cent. Top Keywords Incidence, Betelvine, Foot and leaf rot, Weather factors, Phytophthora. Top |