Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
T Anand, G Senthilraja and P Senthilkumar

Abstract:
Eggplant is one of the important economic vegetable crop which is attacked by several serious diseases. Among them, soilborne diseases viz., root rot, fungal and bacterial wilts are the major constraints in brinjal cultivation. Two field experiments were conducted to test the efficacy of different bioagents and fungicides against major soilborne diseases (root rot, fungal and bacterial wilt) of brinjal during March 2015- July 2015 and August 2015-December 2015. The results revealed that, seed treatment with Pseudomonas-TNAU-Pf1 (10 g/kg) + soil drenching with copper hydroxide (0.2%) at 30 and 60 days after planting recorded minimum incidence of root rot, fungal and bacterial wilt and also higher fruit yield compared to other treatments.