How do you prevent and control brown spot disease in primroses?
Symptoms of primrose brown spot disease: it occurs mostly on the fairy primrose (Primula malacoides). It is caused by Alternaria fungi of the Deuteromycota (Fungi Imperfecti). Infected plants have brown spots on their leaves. The route of infection is that conidia are spread by wind and rain. Control method: at the early stage of the disease, spray fungicides such as 70% chlorothalonil wettable powder at 1000 times dilution.
Primrose brown spot disease
Symptoms: it occurs mostly on the fairy primrose (Primula malacoides). It is caused by Alternaria fungi of the Deuteromycota (Fungi Imperfecti). Infected plants have brown spots on their leaves. The route of infection is that conidia are spread by wind and rain.
Control method: at the early stage of the disease, spray fungicides such as 70% chlorothalonil wettable powder at 1000 times dilution.