Journal of Plant Disease Sciences
  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 1

Eco friendly mana,gement of foliar diseases of sunflower

  • Author:
  • V.B. Nargund1, Y.S. Amaresh, A.G. Sreenivas2, S.V. Hiremath1
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 42 to 44

1Department of Plant Pathology, UAS, Dharwad, Karnataka, India

2Dept of Agril. Entomology, College of Agriculture, UAS, Raichur-584102

Dept of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, UAS, Raichur-584102

Online published on 16 August, 2012.

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted for three years to manage foliar diseases of sunflower by organic approaches using bioagent and botanicals. Amongst tested organics and botanicals nimbecidine (0.15%) treatment recorded minimum PDI (56.76%) of Alternaria leaf spot followed by panchagavya treatment. Among organic highest yield of 13.37 q/ha was noticed in nimbecidine treatment. Whereas, least yield (11.23 q/ha was observed in untreated control.

Keywords

Sunflower, Alternaria leaf spot, Powdery mildew, Rust, organic