Vol. 12, Issue 6 (2023)

Author(s):
M Deivamani, P Senthilkumar, K Nageshwari and C Durairaj

Abstract:
The occurrence of disease incidence in selected 96 medicinal plants which are studied in Salem district, Tamil Nadu, India in the present investigation. A totally 96 medicinal plants were maintained and observed the disease incidence during 2014 to 2017 at Horticultural Research Station, Yercaud and Pagalpatti village of Omalur Block, Salem District, Tamil Nadu. The present study the observation on the disease incidence over the period of three years showed that, 27 plant species affected by leaf blight. Irrespective of the environmental condition the leaf blight disease was predominant over other diseases followed by leaf spot, rust, sooty mould, powdery mildew and wilt.