The impact of meteorological variables on the development of blackgram anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum lindemuthianum

Abstract

The purpose of the experiment was to study the correlation between weather conditions and the blackgram anthracnose disease, which is highly damaging in major blackgram cultivating region. Generally, black gram is widely cultivated in India in kharif and summer season. In correlation study of 2019, maximum temperature and wind velocity were found non-significant while minimum temperature was significant with negative impact whereas relative humidity in the morning and evening were found positively significant whereas in year 2020, maximum temperature and minimum temperature were found non-significant whereas morning and evening relative humidity and wind velocity were found significant with positive impact on anthracnose disease of black gram.