Pests and Disease: | NAFIS

Pests and Disease:

Disease	Pictorial of damage	Control measures	Post harvest interval
Leaf spot: mcosphaerella fragariae -Grey spots with purple margins appear on on leaves.		Destroy crop residue after harvest, practice crop rotation, plant clean seed. Spray with master,pearl	Master- 5 Pearl - 7
Verticillium wilt: veticillium dahhae -Yellow and wilted leaves; stunted plant.		Practice crop rotation and avoid areas where potatoes, tomatoes; egg plants have previously been grown.
Grey mould: Botritis cinerea -Soft rot of fruits and grey mould on infected plants.		Spray with cotaf and sulcop	Cotaf - 7 Sulcop - 14
Black root rot:		Black root rot is favored by wet soils and soils low in organic matter. As a result, proper site selection and preparation are both important management tools for this disease complex.
Red spider mite: tetranynchus urticae -Greyish brown mites found on lower surface of leaves		Spray with Dicofol,Vipcomic.
Beetles: Epicauta spp -Bores on fruits		Decis,Tata alfa, Dimethoate,
Crown borer: Tyloderma fragariae -Makes holes on the crown		Dimethoate, tata alpha
Ants: Lasius niger -Sucks moisture from the root zone and tip of the branches. The plant eventually dries due to lack of water and nutrients		Mocap, bionematon	Mocap - 1 Bionematon - 1
Leaf hoppers: typhlocyha pomaria -Chews on the leaves		Atom, tata umeme	Atom - 1 Tata umeme - 3
Birds -Eats the ripe berries thus lowering yields and quality.		Use fish net
Slugs and snails: Arion ater -Eat fruits thus lowering yields and quality		Alcoholic bait