Medicinal Plants - International Journal of Phytomedicines and Related Industries
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2026
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue: 2

Integrated management of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary causing stem rot of Ajwain

Department of Plant Pathology, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Ayodhya-224229, Uttar Pradesh, India

*Corresponding author e-mail: mkajal308@gmail.com

Abstract

The field experiment was conducted in Ayodhya during 2024-2025 cropping season to evaluate the different treatments for the management of stem rot of ajwain. Stem rot symptoms in Ajwain appeared earliest in control (65 DAS) and latest with Propiconazole (75 DAS), showing effective delay by bioagents and fungicide. Propiconazole was found to be the most effective treatment among all other treatments, having percent disease control of 60.86 per cent. Vermi-compost @ 5.0 tones/ha + T. harzianum @ 5.0 kg/ha was the second most effective in reducing the disease incidence by (53.63%), followed by FYM @ 25 tones/ha + T. harzianum @ 5.0 kg/ha, which resulted in the reduction of disease incidence (49.28 %). The minimum reduction in disease incidence was found in intercropping with fenugreek (1:1 ratio) was 14.50 per cent.

Keywords

Ajwain, Integrated management, Trichoderma harzianum, Vermicompost, FYM, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum