International Journal of Plant Protection

V. G. Munde ¹, M. P. Diwakar ², B. B. Thombre ¹, Utpal Dey ¹, H. N. Kamble ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Plant Pathology, Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani M.S., IN
2 Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Dr. B.S.K.K.V., Dapoli M.S., IN

Abstract

An experiment was carried out to find the different levels of inoculums on incidence of foot rot disease of finger millet or nagli at Botany farm, College of Agriculture, Dr. BSKKV, Dapoli. The fungus was studied at four levels of inoculum i.e. 1, 10, 50 and 100 sclerotia per pot. At all levels except 100 sclerotia per pot seedling mortality and symptoms was observed within 30th, 20th and 13th days of inoculation, respectively. Only one plant wilted upto 11th days of inoculation in inoculum level of 100 sclerotia per pot. Number of sclerotia produced per pot increased with increase in inoculum levels.

Keywords

Foot Rot, Sclerotium Rolfsii , Nagali, Inoculum Level

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V. G. Munde ¹, M. P. Diwakar ¹, B. B. Thombre ¹, Utpal Dey ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Dr. B.S. Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ratnagiri M.S., IN

Abstract

A roving survey of early blight of tomato disease were carried out during Rabi season, 2008- 2009 at Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts and per cent disease incidence was recorded ranged from 26.33 to 50.77 per cent .The mean incidence of early blight recorded was 40.97 per cent in Konkan region. The maximum per cent disease incidence was observed in Wada Tahsil in Thane district with 50.77 per cent and minimum per cent disease incidence in Goregaon Tahsil of Raigad districts with 26.33 per cent in Konkan.

Keywords

Survey, Foliar Disease, Tomato, Konkan Region

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