ABSTRACT

Forage crops are primarily used as livestock feed, but it has the capacity to conserve and reclaim the soil thus benefitting in both conventional and applied agriculture. Nearly 200 plant species have been known as forage out of which some nonleguminous and nongraminaceous forage crops which include sunflower, Brassica spp., carrot, turnip, and Amaranthus are potential crops having tremendous scope as forage. However, these crops are prone to various biotic stressors, and among biotic stressors, several diseases caused by numerous fungus, bacteria, and virus are posing major threat in the growth and production of the crops. So, the utmost requirement for the proper management practices need to be enacted which includes integrated disease management principles such as use of plant extracts, biological agents, induced systemic resistance, seed treatment, cultural management, and chemical treatment such as fungicides and bactericides.