Annals of Plant Protection Sciences
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 26
  • Issue: 1

Bio-efficacy of isolated local microbial strains against Fusarium oxysporum of Tomato

1Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi-110 012, India

Department of Agriculture Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology, SVPUA&T, Meerut-250 110 (U.P.)

*reeva.chahal@gmail.com

Online published on 10 April, 2018.

Abstract

A total of nineteen soil samples were collected from different regions of Moradabad, JP Nagar, Bhind and Gwalior and adjoining areas. Trichoderma strains were isolated, and identified on the basis of morphological and microscopic studies. These strains were further screened for their bio-efficacy against Fusarium, a pest of tomato. The inhibitions efficiency of isolated strains varied between 62.3–73.7%.

Keywords

Bio-control, Fusarium oxysporum, Hypocrea lixii, Solanum lycopersicum, Trichoderma.