Vol. 12, Issue 5 (2023)

Author(s):
Smita Prajapati, Pramod Kumar Fatehpuria, Reeti Singh and Hemant Trivedi

Abstract:
Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) is a popular pulse crop grown in semi-arid areas of Iran, India, Turkey, and Canada). Lentil is consumed as loaves, curries and pies in the whole world and in India, it (locally known as Masur) is either consumed whole grain or its split seeds, used as Dal. Sclerotium rolfsii (Sacc). is a soil-borne pathogen that commonly occurs in the tropics, sub-tropics and other warm temperate regions of the world causing root rot, stem rot, wilt, foot rot and collar rot. Maximum inhibition of mycelial growth was recorded in Allium sativum (61.36%), followed by Curcuma longa (28.41%), Duranta erecta (25.00%), while minimum inhibition percent of mycelial growth was recorded in treatment control (00%) at the ends of 10% concentration. At 20% concentration maximum inhibition was recorded in Allium sativum (81.75%), followed by Curcuma longa (49.05%), Zingiber officinale (42.97%), Duranta erecta (38.03%), Calotropis gigantean (33.84%), Cynodon dactylon (29.66%), Allium cepa (20.92%), Parthenium hysterophorus (20.16%), and Azadirachta indica (18.25%), while minimum percent inhibition of mycelial growth was recorded in treatment control (0.00%).