Journal of Contemporary Agriculture and Bioscience
Influence of Environmental Factors on the Incidence and Progression of Major Fungal Diseases in Jute (Corchorus capsularis)
Received: 04 December, 2024 || Accepted: 20 December, 2024 || Published: 05 January, 2025
A b s t r a c t
The incidence of fungal diseases in jute (Corchorus capsularis), specifically anthracnose, black band, and stem rot, varies over time, influenced by the interactions between host and pathogen and environmental conditions. A field experiment was carried out at the Jute Agricultural Experiment Station (JAES), Manikganj, and at the Kishoreganj Regional Research Station (KRRS) of the Bangladesh Jute Research Institute (BJRI) in the years 2022 and 2023 with the specific purpose of looking into the role of temperature, rainfall and humidity in disease development. It was found that the occurrence of diseases increased with time, with respect to stem rot, it was the quickest to spread than the other two diseases; anthracnose and black band. The linear regression showed increasing trends in the incidence of the three diseases studied, while the regression coefficients for the diseases showed a strong positive relationship with the disease progression and the weather variables. There was high collinearity among rain, temperature, and humidity; it may be construed that these parameters and their joint effects were important in the initiation and the manifestation of the fungal infections. The findings of this jute study point towards the major role that environmental factors play in the epidemiology of fungal diseases in jute. Regression coefficients additionally indicated that the changes in temperature, rainfall, and humidity were important and led to the increase in the diseases significantly.
Keywords: Jute, Fungal diseases, Temperature, Rainfall and Humidity.
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Hasan, M.M., Rahman, M.M., Sagar, M.S.S., Majumder, M.S.I., Sarmin, S. and Haque, S.M.A.. 2025. Influence of Environmental Factors on the Incidence and Progression of Major Fungal Diseases in Jute (Corchorus capsularis). Journal of Contemporary Agriculture and Bioscience, 2(1), 17-21.
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