Trends in Biosciences

In the recent years, the environmental contamination caused by excessive use of chemical pesticides increased the interest in integrated pest management, where chemical pesticides are substituted by bio-pesticides to control plant pests and plant diseases. In the present investigation, combination of paraffin oil formulation of T. viride as seed treatment @ 5 ml/kg + soil application @ 10 ml/pot + seedling dip @ 10 ml for 30 min. recorded significantly lower wilt incidence (20%) and maximum wilt control (75%) which was followed by combination of seed treatment @ 5 ml/kg + soil application @ 10 ml/pot and soil application @ 10 ml/pot with 26.67 and 33.33 per cent wilt incidence and 66.67 and 58.33 per cent wilt control, respectively.