Diseases of turmeric in India

Diseases	Causal organism	Crop stage infected	Management
Rhizome and root rot	Pythium aphanidermatum P. graminicolum	All stages	Seed treatment: Ridomil MZ at 2.5 g/L for 40 min and soil drenching at 0.1 g/L In Field: Drenching with any one of the following 1)  Mancozeb (75 WP) 25 g/L 2)  Captan (50 WP) 10 g/l 3)  COC (50 WP) 25 g/L
Leaf blotch / Taphrina leaf spot	Taphrina maculans	2-3 months after planting	Spraying with any one of the following 1)  Mancozeb (75 WP) 25 g/L 2)  COC (50 WP) 25 g/L
Colletotrichum leaf spot	Colletotrichum capsici	2- 4 months after planting	Spraying with any one of the following 1)  Mancozeb (75 WP) 25 g/L 2)  COC (50 WP) 25 g/L 3)  Carbendazim (50 WP) 10 g/L
Brown rot ( Nematode- fungal complex)	Pratylenchus sp. & Fusarium sp.	All stages	Soil application of Carbofuran 3 G (33.3 kg/ha) at 3rd & 5th months after planting followed by irrigation.
Leaf spot	Cercospora curcumae	All stages
Dry rot	Rhizoctonia bataticola	Rhizome maturation
Leaf blight	R. solani	All stages