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EFFICACY OF SOME FUNGICIDES FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF SEED QUALITY IN LENTIL (Pages : 22 - 26)

An experiment was conducted in the Plant Pathology Laboratory, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh during winter 2011-2012 to evaluate the efficacy of some fungicides for improving the quality of seeds of lentil. The test fungicides were Rovral (0.2%), Secure 600WG (0.2%), Bavistin 70WP (0.2%), Captan 50WP (0.2%). BARI Masur-1 was used in the experiment. Around 57% healthy seed was recorded from the Secure 600WG sprayed plot. Germination was 21.63% in case of Secure 600WG against 18.94% in Control. Four fungal pathogens namely Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger, Penicillium spp. and Fusarium spp. were associated with lentil seeds. Among the treatments, Secure 600WG (0.2%) was found to be the most effective fungicide in controlling seed borne fungi. Germination (%) and seedling vigor was also increased due to application of Secure 600WG (0.2%). The highest germination was found to be 86.00% and the highest vigor index was 522.02 in Secure treated plants in comparison to 63% and 250.11 in untreated control.Download