1Department of Plant Pathology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
2Department of Crop Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture, BAU Campus, Mymensing-2202, Bangladesh
*Corresponding authors'email: adam@upm.edu.my, mmamondal@gmail.com
Online published on 18 December, 2014.
Laboratory and pot experiment was conducted to control root rot caused by Fusarium solani and Sclerotium rolfsii, a devastating and wide spread disease in the world. Ten bio-agents including control were tested in these experiments. Macerated extract of Fusarium solani + Trichoderma harzianum showed the best result in controlling root rot of lentil with the highest seed germination (100%), radical length (1.56 cm), seedling emergence (95.73%), root length (8.16 cm), shoot length (17.75 cm), number of branches/5 plants (15.56). The lowest root rot (25.93%) was also observed in the treatment of Fusarium solani + Trichoderma harzianum. The other four treatments, macerated extract of Sclerotium rolfsii, Fusarium solani, Trichoderma harzianum, Sclerotium rolfsii + Trichoderma harzianum showed better results over control in terms of all plant parameters. Leaves of Jarul, Mehegoni and Acacia showed poor performance compared to control in almost all parameters.
Bio-agents, Growth, Lentil, Root rot
