Journal of Biological Control
  • Year: 2005
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue: 2

Effect of different organic matter sources and Trichoderma viride Pers.: Fr. on damping-off of tomato (Lycopercicum esculentum L.) var. CO-1 seedlings caused by Pythium indicum Bal.

  • Author:
  • R. Neelamegam
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • Page Number: 149 to 155

PG Department of Botany, S. T. Hindu College, Nagercoil-629 002, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract

Four different organic matter sources (dried leaf materials of Azadiracta indica, Madhuca indica, Morinda tinctoria, Peltophorum pterocarpum and Thespesia populnea), tested against Pythium indicum, either alone or in combination with THchoderma viride. Application of T. viride and Thespesia leaf recorded maximum seed germination (100 %), low disease incidence (5,0 %), increased seedling growth (15.6 cm/pl), seedling vigour index (1560), and seedling biomass (23.8 mg/pl) in P. indicum inoculated unsteilized soil.

Keywords

Damping-off, integrated control, organic matter source, Pythium indicum, Trichoderma viride, tomato