SURVEY ON THE PREVALENCE OF GREEN MUSCARDINE DISEASE IN THE SERICULTURAL AREAS OF KARNATAKA, INDIA

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Published: 2012-01-10

Page: 51-57


M. BALAVEN KATASUBBALAH *

CENTRAL SERICULTURAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE. MYSORE-570 008, INDIA.

K. CHANDRASEKHARAN *

CENTRAL SERICULTURAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE. MYSORE-570 008, INDIA.

S.D. SHARMA *

CENTRAL SERICULTURAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE. MYSORE-570 008, INDIA.

P. SUDHAKARA RAO *

CENTRAL SERICULTURAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE. MYSORE-570 008, INDIA.

A.R. NARASIMHA NAYAKA *

CENTRAL SERICULTURAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE. MYSORE-570 008, INDIA.

S.M.H. QADRI *

CENTRAL SERICULTURAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE. MYSORE-570 008, INDIA.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.


Abstract

In India. White muscardine is most common among fungal diseases in silkworm which causes considerable cocoon crop loss every year especially during rainy and winter seasons. It is a general view that the incidence of green muscardine is sporadic in India and do not cause any significant damage to the sericultural crops. No systematic study on this disease and its prevalence is available. In the present paper, results confirmed the wide prevalence of green muscardine disease along with white mucardine disease in all the sericultural areas of Karnataka. India. One year survey results, covering all the three seasons in five sericultural areas of Karnataka viz. Mandya. Kolar. Ilassan. Kushalnagar and Chamarajanagar indicated the prevalence of White and green muscardine diseases through out the year. The prevalence was high during rainy Season When 30% of the farmers crop had green muscardine in their rearings followed by Winter (14.00%) and summer (2.00%).

Keywords: Survey, prevalence, green muscardine, Sericultural areas., Karnataka


How to Cite

KATASUBBALAH, M. BALAVEN, K. CHANDRASEKHARAN, S.D. SHARMA, P. SUDHAKARA RAO, A.R. NARASIMHA NAYAKA, and S.M.H. QADRI. 2012. “SURVEY ON THE PREVALENCE OF GREEN MUSCARDINE DISEASE IN THE SERICULTURAL AREAS OF KARNATAKA, INDIA”. UTTAR PRADESH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 32 (1):51-57. https://www.mbimph.com/index.php/UPJOZ/article/view/606.