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What kinds of diseases and insect pests do color leaf grass have and how to control them

Walter White
2020-06-28 13:08:29
There are few pests in the color leafgrass, maybe the inborn color blocks the steps of the pests. The common diseases are Sclerotinia, bacterial soft rot and virus disease. When the surrounding environment is too poor, it is easy to be harmed by whitefly and Liriomyza melanogaster.

I. Sclerotinia

Symptoms: it is mainly caused by bacterial infection. The pathogen invades from the stem. At the beginning of the disease site, there will be light brown water spots, which will gradually spread to the stem and petiole of the plant. Many white flocculent hyphae will be produced in the diseased area.

Prevention and control: pentachloronitrobenzene, Sclerotinia and bactericide can be selected for spray control.

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II. Bacterial soft rot

Symptoms: the diseased part will appear water stain like spots, then turn brown and then become sticky, slippery and soft rotten. There are white, yellow or grayish brown paste like viscous substances mixed in the soft rotten tissue, which can give off a foul smell.

Control: Agricultural streptomycin can be used to spray the plant and rhizosphere soil for control.

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III. viral diseases

Symptoms: virus disease is a kind of disease caused by very small parasites. The affected plants are prone to distortion, rolling leaves, dwarfism and other symptoms.

Prevention and control: jiedukang, xiaoyedi and virus a mixed spray, W2000, etc.

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4. Whitefly

Symptoms: whitefly is white and small in size. When the plant is damaged, the leaves will gradually turn yellow and fall off.

Prevention and control: enemy killing, dimethoate, Omethoate and dichlorvos spray can be used for prevention and control.

V. Liriomyza maculata

Symptom: it affects the ornamental value of the plant and is fatal to the foliage plant. When the larvae get sick, they will get into the mesophyll and form a white tunnel on the leaf. It usually appears in May and lasts until August.

Prevention and control: root can be irrigated with 40% Omethoate emulsion 1000 times for prevention and control.

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