Plant diseases, pests, and deficiencies
332+ common problems affecting terrace and balcony plants in India — causes, treatments, and prevention.
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- →Aggressive OvergrowthAffects 1 crop
- →AlgaeAffects 1 crop
- →Algae OvergrowthAffects 1 crop
- →Aloe RustAffects 1 crop
- →Alternaria BlightAffects 1 crop
- →Alternaria Leaf BlightAffects 1 crop
- →Alternaria Leaf SpotAffects 1 crop
- →American BollwormAffects 1 crop
- →AnthracnoseAffects 3 crops
- →Anthracnose (Leaf spot)Affects 1 crop
- →Anthracnose/Fruit RotAffects 1 crop
- →Ants eating the flower budsAffects 1 crop
- →Aphid attacks on fragile stemsAffects 1 crop
- →Aphid infestationAffects 2 crops
- →Aphid infestation on budsAffects 1 crop
- →AphidsAffects 18 crops
- →Aphids and MitesAffects 1 crop
- →Aphids on flower headsAffects 1 crop
- →Aphids on flower umbelsAffects 1 crop
- →Aphids on new shootsAffects 1 crop
- →Apple ScabAffects 1 crop
- →Asparagus beetleAffects 1 crop
- →Bacterial BlightAffects 2 crops
- →Bacterial cankerAffects 1 crop
- →Bacterial Leaf SpotAffects 1 crop
- →Bacterial Leaf Spot (Telyosa)Affects 1 crop
- →Bark Eating CaterpillarAffects 1 crop
- →Barley Yellow Dwarf VirusAffects 1 crop
- →Bean FlyAffects 1 crop
- →Bean RustAffects 1 crop
- →Belly RotAffects 1 crop
- →Bird attacks on seedsAffects 1 crop
- →Bird DamageAffects 2 crops
- →Birds and squirrels eating fruitAffects 1 crop
- →Birds eating the seedsAffects 1 crop
- →Birds stripping the seedsAffects 1 crop
- →Black heart (Heart rot)Affects 1 crop
- →Black RotAffects 2 crops
- →Black SpotAffects 1 crop
- →BlastAffects 1 crop
- →Blast DiseaseAffects 1 crop
- →BlightAffects 3 crops
- →Blossom blight (Brown Rot)Affects 1 crop
- →Blossom end rotAffects 1 crop
- →Blueberry ThripsAffects 1 crop
- →Bolting (Flowering)Affects 1 crop
- →Bolting (sending up flower stalks)Affects 1 crop
- →Botrytis (Gray Mold)Affects 1 crop
- →Botrytis BlightAffects 1 crop
- →Broomrape (Orobanche)Affects 1 crop
- →Brown Plant Hopper (BPH)Affects 1 crop
- →Brown RotAffects 1 crop
- →Bud DropAffects 1 crop
- →Bud RotAffects 1 crop
- →Bud WormAffects 1 crop
- →Bulb RotAffects 1 crop
- →Burnt leaf edgesAffects 1 crop
- →Cabbage LooperAffects 1 crop
- →Cardamom ThripsAffects 1 crop
- →CaterpillarAffects 1 crop
- →Cercospora Leaf SpotAffects 2 crops
- →Cherry Leaf SpotAffects 1 crop
- →Citrus Butterfly CaterpillarAffects 1 crop
- →Citrus CankerAffects 2 crops
- →Citrus GummosisAffects 1 crop
- →Citrus Leaf MinerAffects 1 crop
- →Citrus PsyllaAffects 1 crop
- →Coddling MothAffects 1 crop
- →Coffee Berry BorerAffects 1 crop
- →Coffee Leaf RustAffects 1 crop
- →Collar RotAffects 2 crops
- →Cotton Wilt (Fusarium/Verticillium)Affects 1 crop
- →Cracked or split tubersAffects 1 crop
- →Crown rotAffects 1 crop
- →Crown rustAffects 1 crop
- →Cucumber Mosaic VirusAffects 2 crops
- →Damping offAffects 4 crops
- →Damping off (seedling collapse)Affects 1 crop
- →Damping Off / Root RotAffects 1 crop
- →Damping off in crownsAffects 1 crop
- →Diamondback MothAffects 2 crops
- →Diamondback Moth (DBM)Affects 1 crop
- →DiebackAffects 1 crop
- →Downy MildewAffects 10 crops
- →Downy Mildew (Green Ear)Affects 1 crop
- →Drying out quicklyAffects 1 crop
- →Early BlightAffects 1 crop
- →Early bolting and bitter leavesAffects 1 crop
- →Early Shoot BorerAffects 1 crop
- →Empty seed headsAffects 1 crop
- →ErgotAffects 1 crop
- →Excessive vine growth (no tubers)Affects 1 crop
- →Extremely slow germinationAffects 1 crop
- →Failed PollinationAffects 1 crop
- →Fall Armyworm (FAW)Affects 2 crops
- →False SmutAffects 1 crop
- →Fern diebackAffects 1 crop
- →Fig RustAffects 1 crop
- →Fire BlightAffects 1 crop
- →Flea BeetlesAffects 2 crops
- →FleabeetleAffects 1 crop
- →Flowers crumbling during dryingAffects 1 crop
- →Flowers dropping (Poor pollination)Affects 1 crop
- →Flowers falling off (No fruit)Affects 1 crop
- →Flowers falling off (No pumpkins)Affects 1 crop
- →Flowers rotting on the plantAffects 1 crop
- →Foliar BlightAffects 1 crop
- →Foot Rot / Stem RotAffects 1 crop
- →Frog Eye Leaf SpotAffects 1 crop
- →Fruit BorerAffects 1 crop
- →Fruit CankerAffects 1 crop
- →Fruit CrackingAffects 2 crops
- →Fruit DropAffects 1 crop
- →Fruit FlyAffects 10 crops
- →Fruit fly damageAffects 1 crop
- →Fruit RotAffects 3 crops
- →Fruit Rot / DiebackAffects 1 crop
- →Fruit rot on the groundAffects 1 crop
- →Fruit shriveling prematurelyAffects 1 crop
- →Fruit splitting openAffects 1 crop
- →Fruit Sucking MothAffects 1 crop
- →Fruits not ripening (staying green)Affects 1 crop
- →Fungal growth on soilAffects 1 crop
- →Fusarium WiltAffects 2 crops
- →Girdle BeetleAffects 1 crop
- →Grain shatteringAffects 1 crop
- →Grain SmutAffects 1 crop
- →GrasshopperAffects 1 crop
- →Gray Mold (Botrytis)Affects 1 crop
- →Grey Mildew (Dahiya)Affects 1 crop
- →Grey Mold (Botrytis)Affects 1 crop
- →Guava Fruit FlyAffects 1 crop
- →Guava WiltAffects 1 crop
- →Gurdaspur BorerAffects 1 crop
- →Hairy CaterpillarAffects 2 crops
- →Head RotAffects 1 crop
- →Head Rot (Rhizopus)Affects 1 crop
- →Heart RotAffects 1 crop
- →Heat stress and wiltingAffects 1 crop
- →Iron ChlorosisAffects 1 crop
- →Jute SemilooperAffects 1 crop
- →Katte Disease (Mosaic Virus)Affects 1 crop
- →Lack of flowersAffects 1 crop
- →Lack of white stem (blanching)Affects 1 crop
- →Leaf BlightAffects 2 crops
- →Leaf BlotchAffects 1 crop
- →Leaf curl aphidAffects 1 crop
- →Leaf Curl VirusAffects 1 crop
- →Leaf DropAffects 1 crop
- →Leaf MinerAffects 3 crops
- →Leaf miner tracksAffects 2 crops
- →Leaf minersAffects 1 crop
- →Leaf RollerAffects 2 crops
- →Leaf Roller / AntigastraAffects 1 crop
- →Leaf ScorchAffects 2 crops
- →Leaf SpotAffects 8 crops
- →Leaf Spot (Cercospora)Affects 1 crop
- →Leaf Spot (Septoria)Affects 1 crop
- →Leaf Spot / AlternariaAffects 1 crop
- →Leaf spot diseaseAffects 1 crop
- →Leaf WebberAffects 1 crop
- →Leaf webber caterpillarsAffects 1 crop
- →Leaf-Eating CaterpillarsAffects 1 crop
- →Leaves becoming tough and woodyAffects 1 crop
- →Leaves losing their pungent flavorAffects 1 crop
- →Leaves turning black after pickingAffects 1 crop
- →Leaves turning yellow or redAffects 1 crop
- →Leggy and pale growthAffects 1 crop
- →Leggy, weak stemsAffects 1 crop
- →Lily Leaf BeetleAffects 1 crop
- →Little LeafAffects 1 crop
- →Lodging (Plants falling over)Affects 1 crop
- →Lodging (stalks falling over)Affects 1 crop
- →Loose SmutAffects 1 crop
- →Loss of flavor in leavesAffects 2 crops
- →Loss of PotencyAffects 1 crop
- →Low BiomassAffects 1 crop
- →Low germination rateAffects 1 crop
- →Lower leaves turning brown and dryAffects 1 crop
- →Lucerne WeevilAffects 1 crop
- →Mango hopperAffects 1 crop
- →MealybugsAffects 8 crops
- →Mealybugs on flower spikesAffects 1 crop
- →Mealybugs on stemsAffects 1 crop
- →Melon Fruit FlyAffects 1 crop
- →Mint RustAffects 1 crop
- →MitesAffects 2 crops
- →Mosaic VirusAffects 2 crops
- →Mummy BerryAffects 1 crop
- →Mustard AphidsAffects 1 crop
- →Neck BlastAffects 1 crop
- →NematodesAffects 1 crop
- →No FlowersAffects 1 crop
- →No flowers formingAffects 1 crop
- →No Fruit ProductionAffects 1 crop
- →No germinationAffects 1 crop
- →No sprouts appearingAffects 1 crop
- →Oleander CaterpillarAffects 1 crop
- →Onion thripsAffects 2 crops
- →Painted BugAffects 1 crop
- →Pale, yellowing leavesAffects 1 crop
- →Panama Wilt (Fusarium)Affects 1 crop
- →Papaya Ring Spot Virus (PRSV)Affects 1 crop
- →Para-wiltAffects 1 crop
- →Pear ScabAffects 1 crop
- →PhyllodyAffects 1 crop
- →Pink BollwormAffects 1 crop
- →Plant becoming a woody messAffects 1 crop
- →Plant dying after pickingAffects 1 crop
- →Plant dying back after harvestAffects 1 crop
- →Plum curculio (Fruit drop)Affects 1 crop
- →Pod BorerAffects 1 crop
- →Pod Borer (Helicoverpa)Affects 2 crops
- →Pollu BeetleAffects 1 crop
- →Pomegranate Butterfly (Anar Butterfly)Affects 1 crop
- →Poor Fruit SetAffects 1 crop
- →Poor Root YieldAffects 1 crop
- →Poor seed emergenceAffects 1 crop
- →Poor seed setAffects 1 crop
- →Powdery mildewAffects 4 crops
- →Powdery mildew on blossomsAffects 1 crop
- →Powdery mildew on leavesAffects 1 crop
- →Premature boltingAffects 1 crop
- →Pseudostem BorerAffects 1 crop
- →Pumpkin BeetleAffects 1 crop
- →Pumpkin beetle (Red Pumpkin Beetle)Affects 1 crop
- →Purple BlotchAffects 1 crop
- →Quick Wilt (Phytophthora)Affects 1 crop
- →Ramularia BlightAffects 1 crop
- →Rapid bolting (Flowering too early)Affects 1 crop
- →Red Pumpkin BeetleAffects 1 crop
- →Red Spider MiteAffects 2 crops
- →Rhizome RotAffects 2 crops
- →Rhizome ScaleAffects 1 crop
- →Rhizome WeevilAffects 1 crop
- →Rhizopus fruit rotAffects 1 crop
- →Root Knot NematodeAffects 2 crops
- →Root Knot NematodesAffects 1 crop
- →Root MaggotAffects 1 crop
- →Root RotAffects 14 crops
- →Root rot from damp soilAffects 1 crop
- →Rotting at the baseAffects 1 crop
- →RustAffects 2 crops
- →Rust diseaseAffects 1 crop
- →Safflower AphidAffects 1 crop
- →San Jose ScaleAffects 1 crop
- →Scale InsectsAffects 2 crops
- →Seed piece rotAffects 1 crop
- →Seed rotAffects 1 crop
- →Seedling BlightAffects 2 crops
- →Seedling RotAffects 1 crop
- →Seedling WiltAffects 1 crop
- →Seedlings falling over (Damping off)Affects 1 crop
- →Seedlings turning black and dyingAffects 1 crop
- →Seeds failing to emergeAffects 1 crop
- →Seeds failing to sproutAffects 1 crop
- →Seeds rotting in soilAffects 1 crop
- →Seeds washing awayAffects 1 crop
- →Shoot and Fruit BorerAffects 1 crop
- →Shoot BorerAffects 1 crop
- →Shoot borer caterpillarAffects 1 crop
- →Sigatoka Leaf SpotAffects 1 crop
- →Slips rotting in waterAffects 1 crop
- →Slow and uneven sproutingAffects 1 crop
- →Slug DamageAffects 1 crop
- →Slugs and SnailsAffects 1 crop
- →Slugs and snails chewing leavesAffects 1 crop
- →Soft RotAffects 1 crop
- →Soft Rot (Pythium)Affects 1 crop
- →Sorghum Shoot FlyAffects 1 crop
- →Spider mitesAffects 3 crops
- →Spongy tissue inside fruitAffects 1 crop
- →Stem BorerAffects 4 crops
- →Stem GallAffects 2 crops
- →Stem RotAffects 2 crops
- →Stem Rot (Macrophomina)Affects 1 crop
- →Stem Rot (Sclerotinia)Affects 1 crop
- →Stem rot at the baseAffects 1 crop
- →Stems becoming woody and bareAffects 1 crop
- →Sterility MosaicAffects 1 crop
- →Stunted, pale seedlingsAffects 1 crop
- →Sucking Pests (Aphids/Jassids)Affects 1 crop
- →Sudden wilting and browningAffects 1 crop
- →Sugarcane Pyrilla (Leaf Hopper)Affects 1 crop
- →Sun ScorchAffects 1 crop
- →Sunburn on stemsAffects 1 crop
- →Swallowtail caterpillarsAffects 1 crop
- →Sweet potato weevilAffects 1 crop
- →Tea Mosquito BugAffects 1 crop
- →TermitesAffects 2 crops
- →Thin, spindly spearsAffects 1 crop
- →ThripsAffects 2 crops
- →Thrips & AphidsAffects 1 crop
- →Thrips and MitesAffects 1 crop
- →Tikka Leaf SpotAffects 1 crop
- →Tiny fruits rotting and falling offAffects 1 crop
- →Tobacco BudwormAffects 1 crop
- →Tobacco Caterpillar (Spodoptera)Affects 2 crops
- →Tomato Fruit BorerAffects 1 crop
- →Tomato Leaf Curl (TYLCV)Affects 1 crop
- →Tough, stringy, bitter stalksAffects 1 crop
- →Transplant shockAffects 1 crop
- →Tuber damage during harvestAffects 1 crop
- →Tuber RotAffects 3 crops
- →Tukra Disease (Mealybug)Affects 1 crop
- →Twig CankerAffects 1 crop
- →Two-Spotted Spider MiteAffects 1 crop
- →Uneven germinationAffects 1 crop
- →Vine snappingAffects 1 crop
- →Weak fragrance when driedAffects 1 crop
- →Weak or sparse bloomsAffects 1 crop
- →Weak, grassy seedlingsAffects 1 crop
- →White GrubAffects 1 crop
- →White GrubsAffects 1 crop
- →White RustAffects 2 crops
- →WhitefliesAffects 1 crop
- →WiltAffects 4 crops
- →Wilting immediately after harvestAffects 1 crop
- →Woody StalksAffects 1 crop
- →Woody, split centersAffects 1 crop
- →Woody, unproductive baseAffects 1 crop
- →Woolly Apple AphidAffects 1 crop
- →Yellow Mosaic VirusAffects 1 crop
- →Yellow Mosaic Virus (YMV)Affects 1 crop
- →Yellow RustAffects 1 crop
- →Yellow Stem BorerAffects 1 crop
- →Yellow Vein MosaicAffects 1 crop
- →Yellowing leaf tipsAffects 1 crop
- →Yellowing leaves (Chlorosis)Affects 1 crop
- →Yellowing tipsAffects 1 crop
- →Young fruit dropAffects 1 crop
- →Zero germinationAffects 1 crop