Research Article

Laboratory management of Sclerotium rolfsii pathogen by different test to check the efficacy of plant products, biocontrol agents and fungicides.

Kamthe H. J¹, Ghante P.H², Hingole D. G¹ and Khaire P. B^3*

¹Division of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Badnapur 431202 (M.S), India

²Agricultural Research Station, Badnapur 431202 (M.S), India

³Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri 413722 (M.S), India

Corresponding author e-mail: pravinkhaire26893@gmail.com

(Received: 12/02/2023; Revised: 08/04/2023; Accepted: 05/06/2023)

ABSTRACT

Eight bioagents and eight botanicals eleven treatment of each of them were evaluated in a laboratory environment and the results showed that all of the fungicides strongly suppressed S. rolfsii mycelia growth compared to the untreated control. Azoxystrobin, Hexaconazole, Penconazole, Propiconazole, and Carbendazim+Mancozeb showed the highest mycelia growth suppression (100%) and were followed by Carbendazim (96.60%). In case of bioagents, Trichoderma viride had the highest mycelial growth inhibition in bioagents (69.62%), followed by T. harzianum (66.66) and in terms of botanicals, Zingiber offcinalis (83.34%) was the botanical that considerably inhibited mycelial growth mostly, followed by Allium sativum (85.64).

Keywords: Propaconazole, T. viride, Botanicals, Efficacy test, Cicer arientum.