date:Sep 22, 2020
Apple scab -venturia inaequalis- is a serious endemic disease of apples which attacks both leaves and the fruit. The fungal disease forms pale yellow or olive green spots on the upper surface of the leaves. Scabby spots on the fruit are sunken and tan coloured, and may have velvety spores in the centre.
Severely infected fruit becomes distorted and may fall from the tree early.
The condition of most of the orchards in South Kashmirs Shopian, Kulgam, Anantnag and Pulwama, is more or less the sa