EFFICACY OF Trichoderma harzianum ALONE AND ITS INTEGRATION WITH FUNGICIDES AGAINST COLLAR ROT CAUSED BY Sclerotium rolfsii IN CHICKPEA

SHYAM SINGH¹*, R.K.S. TIWARI^2
1Department of Plant Pathology, S.K. College of Agriculture and Research Station, Kabirdham, 491559, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 492012
²Department of Plant Pathology, T.C.B. College of Agriculture and Research Station, Bilaspur, 495001, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 492012
* Corresponding Author : shyamsingh.skcars78@gmail.com

Received : 04-05-2018     Accepted : 10-05-2018     Published : 15-05-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 9       Pages : 5945 - 5947
Int J Agr Sci 10.9 (2018):5945-5947

Keywords : Collar rot, Chickpea, Fungicides, Integrated disease management, Sclerotium rolfsii, Trichoderma viride
Academic Editor : Mayurkumar K Kanani, Prof Dr Md Moin Ansari
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to Director of Research, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 492012, Chhattisgarh, India for providing financial support for this research.
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

An experiment was conducted on Efficacy of Trichoderma harzianum with integration of fungicides collar rot disease of chickpea caused by Sclerotium rolfsii in Chhattisgarh region during 2013-14 and 2014-15. Results indicated that the all treatments including Trichoderma harzianum were found significantly effective for the prevention of mortality caused by S. rolfsii in chickpea. Highest seed germination of 89.12 and 90.93 percent was recorded in treatment T8 = Carboxin+ thiram @ 3g Kg-1 seed+ T. harzianum @ 10g Kg-1 seed with Jaggary @ 10g Kg-1 seed followed by T7 = Hexaconazole @ 3g Kg-1 seed+ T. harzianum @ 10g Kg-1 seed with Jaggary @ 10g Kg-1 seed during both the year. In case of mortality caused by S. rolfsii, most effective treatment was found T7=Hexaconazole @ 3g Kg-1 seed+ T. harzianum @ 10g Kg-1 seed with Jaggary @ 10g Kg-1 seed which exhibited minimum mortality. It was significantly lower over rest of the treatments. Maximum grain yield (18.71 Kg and 17.26 Kg plant-1) was obtained in treatment T7 = Hexaconazole @ 3g Kg-1 seed+ T. harzianum @ 10g Kg-1 seed with Jaggary @ 10g Kg-1 seed during 2013-14 and 2014-15, respectively. In case method of application, most effective method of application was found seed soaking as compare to seed dressing in respect to seed germination, mortality and grain yield during both the years.

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