Cole Crops

👉🏻 Important points related to cole crops

• All cole crops are Protogynous (it can change from female to male)
• Self-incompatibility is most common in Cruciferae family.
• Curd rot/soft rot of cole crops due to Erwinia crotovera.
• White rust/white blister of cruciferus is due to Albugo candida.
• The characteristic flavour of cole crops is due to presence of Di methyl tri sulphite.

Pest of Cole crops

Diamond back moth (DBM)

• Plutella xylostella
  • DBM-Diamond Black Moth (Plutella xylostella) is major pest of cole crop, particularly in Cabbage.
  • Larvae feed on leaves and later make galleries in head/cabbage fruits
  • DBM has developed the resistance against most of insecticides
  • Management:
    • Indian mustard which attract 80-90 % DBM used as trap crop.
    • Alternative sprays of following pesticides:
      • Spray of Quinolphos 35 EC @ 250 ml/ha
      • Spray Cartap hydrochloride @ 500 g a.i/ha
      • Spray Fenvalerate 20 EC @ 45 g a.i. /ha

        

Mustard saw fly

• Athalia proxima lugens (Only one pest from Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Tenthredinidae).

Cabbage semi-looper

• Plusia orichalcea (Noctuidae)

Club rot of Cauliflower

• It is due to Plasmodiphora brassicae (Acidic @ pH 5.7 club rot is 100%).

  

Cabbage

• Brassica oleracea var. capitata
• India rank 3rd in cabbage production.
• Cabbage has anticancer property due to presence of Indole-3-carbinol.
• The incidence of club root of cabbage is 100% at pH 5.7
• Fruit of cabbage is known as Head
• Fruit type of cabbage Siliqua.
• Seed rate: 500-750g of seed is required for one ha.

Varieties

• Golden Acre
• Copenhagen Market (early variety).
• Pride of India (early and round variety)

Hybrids

• Pusa drumhead
• Pusa mukta
• Pusa ratnar
• Pusa red
• Pusa sambandh

Cole Crops

👉🏻 Important points related to cole crops

• All cole crops are Protogynous (it can change from female to male)
• Self-incompatibility is most common in Cruciferae family.
• Curd rot/soft rot of cole crops due to Erwinia crotovera.
• White rust/white blister of cruciferus is due to Albugo candida.
• The characteristic flavour of cole crops is due to presence of Di methyl tri sulphite.

Pest of Cole crops

Diamond back moth (DBM)

• Plutella xylostella
  • DBM-Diamond Black Moth (Plutella xylostella) is major pest of cole crop, particularly in Cabbage.
  • Larvae feed on leaves and later make galleries in head/cabbage fruits
  • DBM has developed the resistance against most of insecticides
  • Management:
    • Indian mustard which attract 80-90 % DBM used as trap crop.
    • Alternative sprays of following …

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