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Apple Scab.: Patho, Leaflet 6

The document provides an 8-step spraying schedule for controlling apple scab in Bhutan. It lists the tree stage, time interval between sprays, and fungicides to use per 100 liters of water. The stages include silver tip to green tip, pink bud to early bloom, petal fall, fruit set, fruit development (sprayed twice), pre-harvest, and pre-leaf fall. Fungicides include hexaconazole, mancozeb, carbendazim, captan, and urea. The schedule is intended to control the fungal pathogen Venturia inaequalis, which causes apple scab.

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Apple Scab.: Patho, Leaflet 6

The document provides an 8-step spraying schedule for controlling apple scab in Bhutan. It lists the tree stage, time interval between sprays, and fungicides to use per 100 liters of water. The stages include silver tip to green tip, pink bud to early bloom, petal fall, fruit set, fruit development (sprayed twice), pre-harvest, and pre-leaf fall. Fungicides include hexaconazole, mancozeb, carbendazim, captan, and urea. The schedule is intended to control the fungal pathogen Venturia inaequalis, which causes apple scab.

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Spray  Tree stage Time interval Fungicides

/100 liters of water


1 Silver tip to green   100 ml Hexaconazole 5% EC
NPPC
2 Pink bud to early bloom 10 days after Spray 1 200 gm Mancozeb 75%WP
3 Petal fall 14 days after spray 2 50 gm Carbendazim 50%WP
4 Fruit set 10 days after spray 3 50 gm Carbendazim + 200 gm Mancozeb 75%
5 Fruit development 14 days after spray 4 200 gm Captan 50% WP
6 Fruit development 14 days after spray 5 200 gm Captan 50%WP
7 Pre-harvest 2-3 weeks before 200 gm Mancozeb 50% WP
harvest
8 Pre-leaf fall 1 week before general 5 kg Urea
leaf fall
Apple scab.
(Venturia inaequalis)

Patho, Leaflet 6

Contact us:

National Plant Protection Centre


Department of Agriculture
Ministry of Agriculture and Forests
Semtokha, Thimphu
P O Box: 670
Tel: +975-02-351016/351665
Fax: +975-351656 Re-produced by:
mail: [email protected] Pathology Unit
Website: www.nppc.gov.bt National Plant Protection Centre
Semtokha, Bhutan
What does it look like ? Control
Symptoms occur on leaf blades, fruits, ►► Collect and burn\bury the fallen leaves to
petioles, sepals, blossoms, young shoots reduce the inoculums source.
and bud scales. On leaves, lesions may occur
singly or be scattered over the entire leaf
surface. Earliest symptoms appear on the
Protective spray
underside of the leaves extending along
►► The correct timing of sprays is important.
the veins and the midrib with irregular
The following spraying schedule gives the
and poorly defined borders. On the upper
required number of sprays along with the
surface, lesions occur as lighter shade of
fungicide and the stage of the plant at
green compared with the healthy surface. The
which to spray.
lesions are circular and increases in size. Later
the inner portions of the lesions may become
►► The pre-leaf fall spray with urea improves
gray and some spots look nearly black in
Apple Scab colour .
the decomposition/decay of the dropped
leaves and can also be an effective control
In Bhutan apple scab is widely spread in mechanisms against other apple diseases
Lesions on fruits are very small at first and
Bumthang and Haa and in the high and like sooty apple blotch .
appear olive green in colour. Early infection of
humid areas of Paro and Thimphu (Begana the fruits may result in deformation of fruits.
and Yusiphang). It is caused by the fungus Scab lesions on fruits enlarge and cover a
Venturia inaequalis. Different species,
large area and the fruits sometimes crack .
varieties and cultivars of Malus show different
levels of resistance to scab.

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