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.