Survey on Some Pest and Diseases of Sugarcane Fields at RARS, Anakapalle, Andhra Prades

Abstract

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.