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Name of Crop	CHILLI
Scientific Name	Capsicum annum and capsicum fruitescens
Local Name	Khorsani
Family	Solanaceae
Distribution state/World wide	World wide
Common Name of Disease	ANTHRACNOSE
Local Name of Disease	ANTHRACNOSE
Causal Organism	Colletotrichum capsici
Distribution of Disease in Sikkim	Disease has been reported from the four districts of Sikkim
Disease Incidence	Low
Site of Infection	Fruit and shoot
Dissemination of the Disease	It is a seed-borne and soil borne disease
Symptoms	The disease appear in two forms a) die back b) fruit rot Die-back: symptom of water soaked nacrotic infection causes the death of the tender twigs and entire branches from top to bottom. Fruit rot: green fruits are less affected than the red ripened fruits. The tissues shrink irregularly at different portion of fruit. On the lesion numerous black dots acervuli develop
Favourable enviromental condition for disease	High relative humidity more than 85% together with temperature more than 30 degree centigrade is favourable for the pathogen activity. High dose of nitrogen in is also responsible for the disease out break
Mode of Transmission	The pathogen is seed borne as well as soil borne
Plant Protection Measures	Destroy the infected plant debris to avoid perpetuation of the fungus. Hot water treatment of seed at 50 degree centigrade for about 25 mins