CHIPS 38 Geographic distribution Early blight is widespread in most areas where potatoes or tomatoes are grown, but is especially prevalent in the tropics and temperate zones. The disease is a potential threat where potatoes are grown under irrigation or during times of heavy dew. Early blight is prevalent in all provinces in South Africa and is a limiting factor in production in late summer. E...

in order to develop a high yielding rice cultivar with optimum cooking quality, a cross was conducted between two rice cultivars khazar, high yielding and resistant to blast disease and daylamani tarom, with good cooking quality in 1990. forty pure lines were selected and compared for high grain yield in 1996. ten selected lines together with two check cultivars dasht and onda were tested in ad...

To address the effect of organic fertilizers on rice insect pests and diseases, an experiment was carried out in Cuulong Delta Rice Research Institute (CLRRI) based on the randomized complete block design with three replications. The treatments were including a combination of four animal manure compost levels (2.5, 5.0, 7.5, 10.0 tons/ha) and four organic fertilizer levels (2.5, 5.0, 7.5, 10.0 ...

garlic and onion are very important crops which are cultivated especially in autumn season in jiroft region, southeast of iran. one of the limiting factors for development of cultivation of these crops is fungal diseases such as leaf spot and blight. for identifying the causal agents of this disease, numerous onion and garlic fields were surveyed during 2001-2003 and infected samples were colle...