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- Title
SOIL AMENDMENT WITH Aerva javanica (Burm. f.) Juss. ex Schult. IN THE CONTROL OF ROOT ROT FUNGI OF COWPEA (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) AND MUNG BEAN [Vigna radiata (L.)].
- Authors
Ikram, Naheed; Dawar, Shahnaz
- Abstract
Root rot fungi cause severe losses of crop plants, so the present work was carried out to determine the effect of Aerva javanica parts powder on root infecting fungi of mung bean (Vigna radiata (L.) and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.). A. javanica parts (stem, leaves and flower) were used as soil amendments at 0.1, 1 and 5% to check the effectiveness on growth parameters. All the plant parts showed a significant reduction in root rot fungi like Fusarium spp., Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn, and Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid. It was noted that germination percentage, fresh weight, leaf area and number of nodules were significantly higher and the inhibitory effect on root rot fungi increased when the soil was amended with A. javanica leaves at 1%. Thus, among all the treatments, A. javanica leaves at 1% were found to be the most effective against root rot fungi.
- Subjects
SOIL amendments; PLANT growing media; AERVA; AMARANTHACEAE; ROOT rots; COWPEA; PHYTOPATHOGENIC fungi
- Publication
Acta Agrobotanica, 2012, Vol 65, Issue 3, p69
- ISSN
0065-0951
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5586/aa.2012.009