Biointensive management for soil borne diseases in cucurbitaceous crops
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Biointensive management for soil borne diseases in cucurbitaceous crops
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Dinesh Singh, Abhijeet Shankar Kashyap, Amit Kumar Kesharwani
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BIOINTENSIVE MANAGEMENT, PLANT DISEASE, Cucurbitaceae crop
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Cucurbitaceae crop are important vegetable and ranked among the top 10 vegetable crops in the world. Cucurbits as gourd vegetable share about 5.6% of the total vegetable production of India. Members of the family Cucurbitaceae contains Cucurbita (pumpkins, squashes, gourds, mallows, courgettes), Mamordica charantia (bitter gourd), Cucumis (melons, cucumbers), Colocynthis (watermelon), Cucurmeropsis (egusi), Lagenaria siceraria (Morina), Luffa cylindrical etc. Crop losses due to the biotic factors like pests and disease h major constrain and affects the productivity of cucurbits. Wilt and rot are the major soil borne fungal diseases caused by Fusarium spp. and damping off caused by Phytophthora spp., Acremonium spp., and Pythium spp. are responsible for 70% yield losses. Biointensive management proved to be best alternative for chemical pesticides which concerns about environmental quality and food safety. With this objective the presen chapter aim provide a concise rewiew on biointensive IPM stratergy for soilborne diseases of cucurbitaceous crops. Not Available |
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2021-08-04T11:39:14Z
2021-08-04T11:39:14Z 2020-03-13 |
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Book chapter
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Not Available http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/53102 |
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English
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