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INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF FUSARIUM WILT OF BANANA IN COASTAL ODISHA

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Title INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF FUSARIUM WILT OF BANANA IN COASTAL ODISHA
 
Creator Pushpavathi, Y
 
Contributor Dash, S.N.
 
Subject ---Fusarium Wilt
 
Description Banana is very important as a fruit crop for millions of people in the world.
The culinary banana assumes a greater significance in coastal parts of Odisha. The
low yield levels of the culinary banana are attributed to the dreaded wilt disease
caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc) assuming severe proportions in
the acidic soils of the area. The option of integrating several disease control
approaches with the use of chemicals, biocontrol agents and plant product has been
exercised in the present experiment. The experiment was conducted in Orissa
University of Agriculture and Technology during 2013-14 in a Complete Randomized
Block Design with three replications. The use of biocontrol agents, namely,
Trichoderma viride and Pseudomonas fluorescens both as sucker treatment and soil
drenching twice proved very effective in controlling wilt disease and increasing the
growth of banana plants. Growth parameters like pseudostem height, girth, number of
leaves, and leaf area increased significantly by this treatment. Percentage leaf area
affected by the disease reduced significantly. This treatment also increased banana
yield significantly up to 21.30 t/ha in comparison to 7.97 t/ha in the control.
 
Date 2017-01-06T15:00:44Z
2017-01-06T15:00:44Z
2014
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/94869
 
Language en
 
Relation Th;4196
 
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