Vol. 10, Special Issue 10 (2021)

Author(s):
Prerana Parihar, Purnima Singh and RK Pandya

Abstract:
Blast has emerged as an important disease in the major pearl millet growing areas in India. The disease survey was carried out in Morena, Bhind, Gwalior and Sheopur during 2019-20 to 2020-21 as these four districts jointly contribute more than 70% in area and production of the state. The survey result reveals that blast is a serious problem in the Northern region of M.P. As it’s severity in the above four districts were 33.23%, 33.75%, 23.68% and 22.70% respectively. Occurrence of blast is comparatively higher in Bhind and Morena district as compared to Gwalior and Sheopur district.