Green Global
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INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF COLLAR ROT OF TOMATO (Pages : 29 - 35)

An integrated experiment was carried out with bio-agents, fungicide, plant growth hormone (Vegemax), soil amendment to find out a suitable strategy for the management of collar rot caused by Sclerotium rolfsii of tomato under inoculated condition at BINA farm, Mymensingh during the summer season of 2008-09. Apparently healthy seeds of Binatomato-5 treated with hot water were used for the experiment. All treatments showed positive effect in controlling the disease. Integrated control measure such as Agrizeb + Mustard oil cake + T. harzianum gave the highest reduction in disease index (76.7%) and severity (44.4%) of collar rot. All treatments increased plant height and fruit yield compare to control except the treatment Tilt + Mustard oil cake + Trichoderma harzianum. This treatment reduced plant growth as well as yield of tomato. So, the integrated treatment Agrizeb + Mustard oil cake + T. harzianum was very effective and eco-friendly manner in controlling the disease. Moreover, this restored soil fertility and increased yield. But incase of fungicides has no such advantages except disease control. The integrated treatment Agrizeb + Mustard oil cake + T. harzianum play an important role in improving soil fertility rendering the crop more tolerant to disease and thus causes the high yielding ability of tomato. Download