Vol. 12, Issue 11 (2023)

Author(s):
Tabasum Manzoor, Tariq Rasool Rather, Ali Anwar, Shaheena Kousar Jan, Nazir Ahmad Ganai, Majid ul Hussain Chesti, Angrej Ali, Fahiem Jeelani, Ab Raouf Malik, Heena Altaf, Amrit Pal Mehta, Saima Bashir, Fazil Fayaz Wani, Sami Jan and Subaya Manzoor

Abstract:
The present study was carried out in Budgam district of Kashmir valley as this is one of the emerging apple growing area of Jammu and Kashmir and the economy of the UT primarily depends upon this remunerative crop. Every season the crop is suffered from Alternaria leaf blotch in wet climate and has been appearing in moderate to severe form in different apple growing areas of Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir. The mean disease incidence and disease severity varied between 27.30 to 60.30 percent and 11.74 to 25.93 percent, respectively for two consecutive years 2021 and 2022.