Devashish Rai, Saba Siddiqui*, Amrit Kumar Singh, Malik M. Ahmad, Mithilesh Kumar Pandey and Shivshankar Pate
Abstract
A survey conducted to assess the incidence of Sclerotinia stem rot in rape-seed mustard during Rabi seasons of 2022-2023 and 2023-2024. The survey was conducted in five districts of eastern Part of Uttar Pradesh, namely Raebareli, Pratapgarh, Ayodhya, Jaunpur, Varanasi, Six Villages Were selected in each district Randomly. The city of Varanasi recorded that highest average PDI (Percentage Disease Incidence) at 25.65, indicating a severe level of infection following Varanasi, the city of Jaunpur, Ayodhya, Pratapgarh and Raebareli also experienced varying degree of infection. In Raebareli district recorded minimum PDI (21.35)in 2022-2023 rabi seasons. The study focuses on analyzing the PDI data to understand the extent of the Infection in these cities. This research paper abstract presents the numerical values (23.79, 22.81, 21.90, 21.35) Corresponding to a specific season, namely season 2022-2023. Percentage of disease incidence recorded in the district of Jaunpur (28.06), Varanasi (27.70), Ayodhya (24.28), Pratapgarh (23.19) Raebareli (23.03) during the 2023-2024 seasons.