3. Result
3.1. Disease severity
Leaf curl symptoms caused by viral infection, was found as the
major disease incidence in chilli plants. No significant differences
were observed among the treatments at 20 and 40 DAT (Fig. 1(a)). A
remarkable reduction of disease severity was observed in pesticide
treated plants at 40 DAT and later growthstages. Plants treatedwith
JA and SA showed significantly (P ≤ 0.001) higher disease severity
compared with pesticide treated plants at 40, 50 and 60 DAT. Comparing disease severity, JA was found much better than SA. Disease
severity under JA and SA treated plants reduced at 80 DAT in term