Vol. 11, Special Issue 11 (2022)

Author(s):
Saikrishna G, Devi GU, Bhat BN, Rahman SJ and Pushpavalli SNCVL

Abstract:
The present investigation was conducted to know the incidence of M. Phaseolina in five major crops of Telangana state. A roving survey was conducted during 2019 in various crops that were grown in Telangana to know the occurrence and distribution of Macrophomina phaseolina and diseased sampled were collected from survey fields. Among five crops surveyed the diseases incidence ranged between the crop and within the crop. The highest disease incidence of 64 per cent was recorded in Lakoor village in Velpoor mandal of Nizamabad district reported from soybean. In maize highest incidence of 49.25% was observed in Kamalapur village in Kamalapur mandal of Karimmnagar dt. In castor highest diseases incidence (62%) was noticed in Kotakonda village of Narayanpet mandal of Mahabubnagar. The diseases incidence in sesame was recorded as 40 per cent in Thakkalapally village of Jagtial mandal of Jagtial dt and least disease incidence of 25 per cent was recorded in the fields of Kotagandi village of Warangal district from redgram. The pH of the soil collected from infected field’s ranged from 5.7 to 6.2 and temperature from 27 oC to 32 oC.