A Survey was conducted in 2014-15 in Latur and Nanded districts of Maharashtra for the presence of powdery mildew of chilli. The results reveal that the maximum mean disease incidence recorded in Latur district (49.42%) with mean severity of (40.23%) Minimum mean disease incidence recorded in Nanded district (44.70%) per cent with mean severity of 37.95 per cent, respectively. The variation of disease severity at various locations is mainly attributed to the climatic factors like temperature, relative humidity, distribution of rainfall followed by varieties grown cultural practices like sanitation and other suitable management practices. The other factors like age of the crop, cool nights and dry weather situation were also favourable for the powdery mildew to become severe.

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