Climatic requirement, Soil requirement, Varieties, Control Measure of pomegranate in Maharashtra, India.

1. Pomegranate (Punica granatum)
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2. Climatic requirement:
The tree requires hot and dry climate during fruit development and
ripening.
Temperature: 25-30 degree c.
Soil:
Well drained, sandy loan to deep loamy soil.
pH: Slightly acidic to neutral.
Variety:
Ganesh, Bhagawa, Mridula, Aarakta,
Spacing:
3 x 3 metre

3. 1. Alternaria fruit spot:
Management:
Cultural:
• Affected fruits should be collected and
destroyed.
Chemical:
• Spraying Mancozeb (0.25%) or Captan
(0.25%) effectively controls the disease.
Management:
 Chemical:
• Carbendazim or Thiophanate methyl at
0.25ml/lit sprays.
2. Anthracnose:

4. 3. Bacterial blight:
Management:
Cultural:
• Wide row spacing.
• Selection of disease free seedlings for fresh
planting.
Chemical:
• Before pruning it should be sprayed with
1% Bordeaux mixture.
• After Ethrel spraying Paste or smear
with 0.5g Streptomycin Sulphate + 2.5g
Copper oxy chloride + 200g red oxide per lit
of water.
4. Cercospora fruit spot:
Management:
Cultural:
• The diseased fruits should be collected and
destroyed.
• Pruning and destruction of diseased twigs
Chemical:
• Carbendazim @ 1g / lit were most effective.

5. Cercospora leaf spot:
Management:
Chemical:
• Spray Carbendazim 1g/l, for effective control
Wilt of pomegranate:
Management:
Cultural:
• Do not allow water to stagnate, try to create
drainage facility.
Chemical:
• At initial stage drench 2ml Propiconazole +
4ml Chloropyriphos per litre water solution,
drench 8-10 lit of solution per tree.
• Drench with Formaldehyde @ 25 ml/l.

6. Thrips
Management:
Mechanical:
Yellow sticky trap.
Chemical:
Spray Dimethoate 0.06% prior to flowering is
important and in severe condition spray methyl
oxy-demeton 0.05% and repeat after fruit set.
Mealy bugs
Management:
Cultural:
• Remove affected twigs and small branches.
Chemical:
• Spray monocrotophos (0.1%) or
chlorpyriphos (0.02%).

7. Fruit borer
Management:
 Cultural:
• Infected fruit should be destroy
 Chemical:
• Spraying of Melathion 1ml/lit