Evaluation of Botanicals Against Fusarium udum under in vitro Conditions

Author: B. Deepak Reddy*, Birendra Kumar, Sangita Sahini, M. Sunitha and K. Sai Krishna

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Abstract

Pigeonpea is one of the staple pulse crop in the world. Yield of pigeonpea is affected by various biotic stresses, among them wilt is the most important disease and it is causing severe yield losses. Use of botanical extracts for the management of fungal diseases in plants is considered as a substitute to synthetic fungicides, due to their less negative effects on the human and environment health hazard or implications.For management of pigeonpea wilt seven botanicals were tested at 10%, 15%, 20% and 30%. Among all the botanicals garlic and turmeric exhibited highest per cent inhibition. At 144 hours the per cent inhibition was 89.63% and turmeric was 87.03%.

Keywords

Pigeonpea wilt, Management, Botanicals.

Conclusion

A total of seven botanicals were evaluated against Fusarium udum under in vitro conditions at 10%, 15%, 20% and 30%. In all the test concentrations garlic and neem exhibited highest per cent inhibition. Field experiments were needed for further confirmation.

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How to cite this article

Reddy, B. D., Kumar, B., Sahini, S., Sunitha, M. and Krishna, K.S. (2021). Evaluation of Botanicals Against Fusarium udum under in vitro Conditions. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 13(3a): 495-498.