The plant species belong to the family Loranthaceae (mistletoe family) are hemi parasites. Dendrophthoe falcata is a large bushy evergreen stem hemiparasite. It can capture food from the host trees by means of penetrating roots called the haustoria. This epiphytic parasite found generally on various host plants in large amounts worldwide and causes much damage to economical cultivated plants and also grown on different host plants throughout India. As hemiparasite it is associated with tropical trees specifically the mango trees and rarely few timbers yielding trees. It has been reported to have increased its host range and found growing on varieties of trees. The species of Dendrophthoe falcata commonly known as Loranthus are common parasitic flowering plants occur all over India and cause severe damage to the field crops. However, comprehensive reports on the occurrence of this parasite, host range, effect on crop production, management practices are not available in the country. Under these circumstances the present study was undertaken to identify the species of Loranthus attacking a fruit yielding crop mango (Mangifera indica) cultivated in and around Vizianagram District, Andhra Pradesh to observe their parasitic relationship with their host plants.
A b s t r a c t A r t i c l e I n f oA scientific field trip was conducted at Regional Agricultural Research Station (RARS), Anakapaelle, Andhra Pradesh as a part of field visit of Post Graduation Students of Botany, Andhra University. During the field study, different pest and diseases of sugarcane were carefully identified and the diseased samples were collected in sterilized polythene bags for disease diagnosis. Among the pest and diseases, the predominant disease Red rot was examined and the control methods were adopted by the institution for the effective management of sugarcane productions. The common pests of insects, fungal, bacterial and mycoplasma diseases were identified in sugarcane fields of ARAS. And also the common weeds which highly compete with crop and influence the sugarcane yield were identified.
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