Symptoms

• Sporadic incidences in some pepper tracts of the State.
• Manifests as water soaked lesions on the leaves and leaf margins (Image1).
• Lesions enlarge, turn dark brown and appear angular to irregular with a chlorotic halo (Image2).
• Infection spreads rapidly resulting in defoliation in moderate to severe form.

Spread of Disease

• Wet humid condition especially during rainy season favours the spread of the disease.

Control Measures

• Use disease free planting materials for raising nursery.
• Collect and destroy all severely affected and defoliated leaves.
• As prophylactic measure, spray 1% Bordeaux mixture, twice at 3-4 weeks interval.
• If severe, spray 500 ppm streptomycin sulphate or chloramphenicol (500mg/L) at 2-3 weeks interval.