BIOINFOLET - A Quarterly Journal of Life Sciences
Web of Science
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 2b

Management of Fusarium wilt of tomato using spent mushroom substrate

  • Author:
  • M. Divya, B. C. Mallesha
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 700 to 702

Department of agricultural microbiology, UAS, G. K. V. K., Bangalore-65

Online published on 6 May, 2013.

Abstract

Incorporation of H.ulmaris and P. florida spent mushroom paddy straw and coir pith in to the soil reduced the activity of soil borne pathogen F. oxysporum and improved growth of tomato plants.

Keywords

Mushroom, Spent mushroom substrate, Fusarium wilt, Fusarium oxysporum, Hypsizygous ulmaris, Pleurotus florida