Manage diseases of jute with cheap and easy input

Not AvailableAmong fungal diseases of jute, stem rot caused by Macrophomina phaseolina is economically most important. Other major diseases of jute are anthracnose, black band, soft rot, tip blight, root knot nematode, Hooghly wilt and jute mosaic. Management of fungal diseases of jute involves manipulation of soil condition for soil borne diseases, treatment of seed with fungicides for seed borne diseases and foliar spraying of fungicides to check the air borne spores, or judicious combination ofone or more approaches. Integrated crop management is not a singular approach but encompasses all good agricultural practices from sowing to harvesting in a judicious manner. It emphasizes the coexistence of crop and pests and pathogens at below economic threshold level and no chemical harmful to environment is used for sustainability.Not Availabl