The true damage anthracnose does to your lentil crop’s yield and quality is often not what’s visible from the road. You need to get out and walk a field to spot these three signs that anthracnose is threatening yield and quality in your lentils.

1.    Spots on leaflets and stems
Initial disease symptoms typically develop around the 10- to 12-node stage, or at early flower, on lower leaflets and stems close to the soil surface. At this stage, you may see white to greyish-coloured spots on leaflets and stems.

2.    Stem lesions
Later – at canopy closure – you’ll begin to see distinct, burnt-looking stem lesions develop. Leaflets will then fall off the plant, and a look under the canopy will show a significant collection of these leaflets.

3.    Stem girdling
The stem lesions eventually girdle the stem and cause death, which can result in extensive yield losses. You may also see small to large dead patches developing in the crop.

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