Mikania cordata, an invasive weed is becoming a problem in the secondary degraded forests and plantations of Bangladesh, not only competing with but also releasing allelochemicals to cultivated crops. Allelopathic effects of the leaves of M. cordata were investigated through an experiment in the...

In 2012 and 2013, severe symptoms of leaf curling, deformation and vein thickening, resembling those of okra leaf curl disease (OLCD) were observed on okras in 4 localities in southeastern Cote d'Ivoire. Fourteen leaf samples with symptoms were collected and tested for the presence of viruses. The...

In September 2014, a wilting was observed on okra in Yanqing County, Beijing Province, China. The leaves of infected plants became yellow and wilting, and roots of infected plants were brown. As the disease progressed, entire shoots and branches turned brown and died. The disease was widely...

In 2015, red or black-brown necrotic lesions on main or lateral veins associated with the wilting of leaves and dry rot caused by plant pathogenic bacteria were found in tobacco plants in different fields in Shaowu city, Fujian province, China. Two bacteria (FM3 and FM4) were isolated and selected...

A systemic survey was conducted to assess the reliable estimate of nematodes and their infestation level with okra plants from twelve grower's fields located within three major vegetable production localities of District Layyah. From each locality, four sampling sites were selected randomly and...

In July and August 2013, blossom blight and soft rot of pods were observed on okra in experimental fields in Iksan and Jeju, Korea. Infection started in fading flower petals, spread to entire flowers and young pods, resulting in blighted blossoms and soft rot of pods. Severe infection caused early...

In order to clarify the cryptic species of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci transmitting Cotton leaf curl Multan virus (CLCuMuV) in Guangdong Province, molecular identification, whitefly transmission and molecular detection were conducted in the study. The results indicated that, in the fields occurring ...

Severe leaf curl and small vein thickening symptoms were observed in okra fields in Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates (UAE) during the winter season, 2013. These symptoms were reminiscent of those often associated with begomovirus infection. Based on the symptoms observed in okras growing in adjacent...

In November 2007, fruits of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) cultivated in a nursery were found rotted in Mie prefecture. Petals had not fallen and remained on the fruits. The causal agent of the fruit rot with a pale brown color was identified to Botrytis cinerea and that with a white color as ...

Field surveys were carried out to inventorize the insect fauna in okra during kharif, 2012 and rabi, 2012-13. A total of 112 insect species under 106 genera, 56 families and 10 orders were observed in the okra ecosystem. The order lepidoptera was the most diversed (26 species) followed by...