Dept. of Agricultural Microbiology. GKVK, UAS, Bangalore-65
Online published on 28 February, 2013.
An experiment was conducted to study the effect of biocontrol agents in suppressing the damping off disease in chilli crop under greenhouse condition. Trichodrema harzianum PDBC TH10 and. Pseudomonas fluorescens -2 were found to be the best in controlling the damping off disease of chilli. Under greenhouse conditions improvement in plant growth parameters was observed due to the application of bio-control agents compared to control treatments.
Biological control, Trichoderma, chilli, plant growth
