Department of Plant Pathology, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola-444104 (M.S.) India
Online published on 25 June, 2014.
Research work was conducted in order to investigate the possibility of using spent mushroom substrate (SMS) and bioagent for management of tomato damping off caused by Pythium aphanidermatum. The combination of Trichoderma viride @ 5 g/kg SMS + Pseudomonas fluorescens @ 5 g/kg SMS where SMS and soil proportion was 75:25 and it was found highly effective with minimum pre emergence (6.82%) and post emergence (9.09%) damping off as against control (36.36 and 50% pre and post emergence damping off respectively). In addition an increasein seed emergence (93.18%) and seed vigour index (3075)was also recorded.
Spent mushroom substrate, damping off, bioagents, Pythium aphanidermatum
