Table 6 Progression of Alternaria leaf spot on soybean in relation to weather parameters in different dates of sowing under epiphytotic conditions during Kharif, 2019.

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 2019

31.8

24.0

71.6

57.8

0.0

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

2

29

16–22 July 2019

33.6

23.7

76.9

55.0

34.6

32.94

0.00

0.00

0.00

3

30

23–29 July 2019

31.5

24.1

81.0

67.6

12.6

73.33

30.66

0.00

0.00

4

31

30-5Aug. 2019

30.6

22.9

88.4

78.6

15.0

91.74

66.64

26.39

0.00

5

32

6–12 Aug. 2019

28.7

21.9

87.1

78.9

182.2

107.00

79.73

59.64

28.53

6

33

13–19 Aug. 2019

27.6

21.6

90.3

80.0

153.0

119.77

94.40

73.15

63.53

7

34

20–26 Aug. 2019

31.7

21.3

82.9

63.7

69.6

135.80

109.45

86.10

75.25

8

35

27–2 Sept. 2019

30.0

21.7

94.3

78.4

141.0

166.60

123.24

101.50

86.45

9

36

3–9 Sept. 2019

29.3

22.8

92.7

84.4

85.5

227.96

136.19

116.73

97.34

10

37

10–16 Sept. 2019

30.6

22.4

87.9

77.3

36.1

269.54

152.08

129.68

108.89

11

38

17–23 Sept. 2019

31.8

21.0

87.7

62.4

42.2

292.15

181.37

151.06

130.41

12

39

24–30 Sept. 2019

29.4

21.8

92.4

73.3

14.2

320.04

214.87

181.20

161.49

13

40

1–7 Oct. 2019

30.2

18.6

89.1

68.0

66.4

334.50

267.37

211.51

188.62

14

41

8–14 Oct. 2019

31.5

16.3

85.6

62.1

18.4

349.72

315.49

239.82

210.25

15

42

15–21 Oct. 2019

32.0

16.1

80.1

46.3

0.0

370.27

333.45

275.45

234.89

16

43

22–28 Oct. 2019

29.1

13.2

80.6

38.1

0.0

394.42

354.06

312.03

259.18

  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.