Incidence of Airborne Spores in Context to Fungal Diseases on Glycine max L. (Soybean) from Niphad Tehsil of Nashik District, Maharashtra

Soybean (Glycine max L.) is one of the most important oilseed cash crops and the fastest growing crop in India as well as in the world due to its high productivity, profitability and vital contribution towards maintaining soil fertility. The present investigation was carried out over the Soyabean field during the Kharif season by using a Tilak air sampler. The correlation with environmental parameters and airborne fungal spores plays an important role in the seasonal development of many plant diseases. The present study reveals the actual disease incidence and prevalence of airborne pathogenic fungal spores were responsible for diseases on certain crops. Some of them are Alternaria leaf spot (Alternaria), Target Leaf Spot (Corynespora cassiicola), Frogeye leaf spot, (Cercospora sojina) and Anthracnose (Colletotrichum). The present study will be sustainable for agro-economy and beneficial for growers to enhance the current knowledge on identification and determining incidence levels of different diseases of a certain crop. Knowing the disease history of a field and keeping abreast of reported disease development during the growing season helps to protect yield potential