Table 3 Progression of Alternaria leaf spot on soybean in relation to weather parameters in different dates of sowing under epiphytotic conditions during Kharif 2018.

From: Impact of weather parameters on Alternaria leaf spot of soybean incited by Alternaria alternata

S.No

Standard week

Meteorological weeks

Temperature (°C)

Relative humidity (%)

Rainfall (mm)

AUDPC*

Max

Min

Max

Min

Inoculated on

8th July

15th July

22th July

29th July

1

28

9–15 July 2018

32.2

23.2

87.1

74.4

130.2

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

2

29

16-22July 2018

30.1

23.0

90.9

81.0

98.2

31.74

0.00

0.00

0.00

3

30

23–29 July 2018

28.2

22.9

82.1

74.6

2.4

65.31

33.85

0.00

0.00

4

31

30-5Aug. 2018

30.5

22.7

75.6

58.6

0.0

83.13

73.15

29.89

0.00

5

32

6–12 Aug. 2018

29.6

22.4

85.1

73.9

27.2

100.98

84.67

65.42

28.50

6

33

13–19 Aug. 2018

30.8

22.9

82.7

72.1

67.6

114.66

99.37

82.22

71.96

7

34

20–26 Aug. 2018

28.6

22.5

82.6

78.3

33.6

128.28

114.91

99.89

86.77

8

35

27–2 Sept. 2018

29.1

22.0

83.7

74.1

17.4

159.43

127.44

112.35

96.01

9

36

3–9 Sept. 2018

28.3

21.0

81.7

69.1

11.0

216.55

140.04

123.38

102.94

10

37

10–16 Sept. 2018

27.9

21.0

83.7

64.7

8.8

258.16

157.33

134.23

115.71

11

38

17–23 Sept. 2018

32.3

19.6

81.3

52.4

28.8

286.09

179.62

155.96

138.32

12

39

24–30 Sept. 2018

31.3

18.1

80.4

40.4

25.8

313.74

212.07

187.50

171.50

13

40

1–7 Oct. 2018

34.4

17.2

74.0

41.9

0.0

327.46

255.12

221.34

201.39

14

41

8–14 Oct. 2018

34.2

17.2

66.4

40.1

0.0

342.86

289.94

254.28

223.20

15

42

15–21 Oct. 2018

34.0

15.1

64.9

23.0

0.0

363.13

308.60

277.97

244.34

16

43

22–28 Oct. 2018

33.5

13.7

64.1

19.6

0.0

389.45

334.25

299.46

266.18

  1. *Mean of three replications, Inoculation started 21 days after sowing of each date. *Observation started 7th days after inoculation and at weekly intervals, 1st sown-18th June, 2nd–25th June, 3rd–02th July, 4th–09th July 2018.