February 2012

Effect of Pseudomonas fluorescens on Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. gladioli causing corm rot disease of gladiolus

A detailed study was conducted to find out the efficacy of Pseudomonas fluorescens on fusarial corm rot pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. gladioli in Department of Plant Protection, Allahabad Agricultural Institute Deemed-University, Allahabad. The strains of P. fluorescensisolates from gladiolus rhizosphere had significantly inhibited the growth of F. oxysporum f....

Author(s): Syed Danish Yaseen Naqvi and Shafaat Ahmad

February 2012

Efficacy of Trichoderma spp. against fusarial wilts of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

Like other crops, chickpea is also attacked by various diseases and insect-pests, out of which fusarial wilt and pod borer of chickpea are most severe; there are many methods such as breeding and cultivation of resistant varieties, use of chemical fungicides and insecticides for management of fusarial wilt of chickpea. However, increasing use of chemical fungicides and insecticides in plant protection results in several...

Author(s): Syed Danish Yaseen Naqvi and S. Ahmad