Survey for the assessment of chilli anthracnose disease incidence in Jodhpur district of Rajasthan

A survey was conducted in major chilli growing areas of different tehsilsviz., Tiwari, Bilara, Bhopalgarh, Osian and Bawari of Jodhpur district, Rajasthan during kharif 2019 to assess the incidence of anthracnose diseases. At each tehsil level five villages situated in different geographical directions and five farmers' fields per village were randomly selected.The highest incidence of anthracnose of chilliwas observed in Tiwari tehsil (22.02%) Whereas, the minimum anthracnose incidence was observed (12.94%) in Bilara tehsil. The overall average disease incidence of the Jodhpur district was (17.31%) based on total 125 fields surveyed in kharif 2019.