Groundnut, pie a aut. 
Ground irt attacked by the fcl‘ owimg fungi:—- 
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Bhizecterda, spp.(rctj; Leaf 'spot. Cerccspera persona* a* 
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RJii.zoct.enTa upp j-a*- This fungus attacks the. plant iu its 
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early an well an Idte stages. --it b -.oil fuagus first starts 
from the recta upwards. She tissue at the noil level be cone 
flaccid and papery atid acthiag renalns but a fevr tJire ads 
cf tJe bant fibre. She cc a sequence is th*t the Ivu. dry and the 
whole seedling or the plant an the cane nay be , 6 ten* 
i:ic(rc.gex/iru shews t!ie fun cun ayceltua peculiar to the species. 
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Leaf spot disease. :-r~ 
Thia neons to be the ccnna* leaf spot cn the plant. 
She causal fuagus is Geptegleen ^rachidea. It produces large 
round or a little eloagated spots which are brcwaish black i* 
sellar : ia the centre and surrounded by a sharp blabk liao 
aad thea a diffused yellow ring merging iatc the healthy tissu 
Shey occur especially cathe lower aad older leaves, aad they 
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drop before maturing. 
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There i*s a let Ivs. falling , diminishing the crop. 
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