Black Pepper (Piper nigrum)
Thread Blight (Corticium solani and Marasmiellus scandens)
Symptoms
- Whitish fungal threads along stem, spread to petioles, leaves
- Infected leaves and stems dry up
- Dried up leaves hang in the infected vines and gives blighted appearance
Management
- Collect & destroy all severely infected stem and hanging leaves along with mycelial threads.
- Spray Bordeaux mixture 1% twice 3-4 weeks interval.
