Indian Journal of Plant Protection
  • Year: 2001
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue: 1and2

Effect of Host Nutrition on Mungbean Yellow Mosaic Virus, Anthracnose, Root Rot and Leaf Crinkle of Mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek]

  • Author:
  • N. Raja Sekhar, Hari Chand
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 88 to 91

Department of Plant Pathology, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125004, Haryana, India.

Abstract

In an experiment conducted to determine the effect of hostnutrition on mungbean yellow mosaic virus, anthracnose, root rot and leaf crinkle virus, higher doses of potassium with standard doses of nitrogen and phosphorous reduced the disease significantly. Application of N: P: K @ 20:40:50 kg/ha gave the highest reduction in the incidence of all the four diseases.

Keywords

Host nutrition, mungbean yellow mosaic virus, anthracnose, root rot, leaf crinkle, Vigna radiata