IN-VITRO EVALUATION OF COMMERCIAL FUNGICIDES AGAINST Tolyposporium penicillariae Bref

OMPRAKASH SHARMA¹*, AMITA PACHORI², R.K. PANDYA³, ANIL KUMAR RAI⁴, DINESH KUMAR PALIWAL^5
1Department of Plant Pathology, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidhyalaya, Gwalior, 474002, M.P., India
²Department of Plant Pathology, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidhyalaya, Gwalior, 474002, M.P., India
³Department of Plant Pathology, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidhyalaya, Gwalior, 474002, M.P., India
⁴Department of Plant Pathology, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidhyalaya, Gwalior, 474002, M.P., India
⁵Department of Agronomy, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidhyalaya, Gwalior, 474002, M.P., India
* Corresponding Author : op8754@gmail.com

Received : 06-02-2017     Accepted : 02-03-2017     Published : 06-03-2017
Volume : 9     Issue : 11       Pages : 4031 - 4032
Int J Agr Sci 9.11 (2017):4031-4032

Keywords : Fungicides, Hexaconazole, Pearl millet, smut, Tolyposporium penicillariae
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author are thankful to Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidhyalaya, Gwalior, 474002, M.P., India
Author Contribution : None declared

Smut incited by Tolyposporium penicillariae Bref. is asporadic and destructive disease in major pearl millet growing area of Madhya Pradesh. In the present experiment an effort has been made to study the management of smut pathogen (Tolyposporium penicillariae Bref.) through fungicides under in-vitro conditions. The efficacy of nine fungicides viz. Hexaconazole, Azoxistrobin, Propiconazole, Tebuconazole + Trifloxystrobin, Carbendazim + Mancozeb, Thiram, Carbendazim, Mancozeb, Carboxin was tested by using completely randomized design (CRD) with three replications against smut of pearl millet by applying poison food technique. Result reveals that two fungicides; Hexaconazole and Carboxin completely (100%) inhibited the growth of fungus at 0.1% concentration. None of other fungicides completely inhibited fungal growth. The minimum mycelial growth inhibition was observed in case of Thiram (72.15%) and Mancozeb (76.86%). The present study suggests that growth of the pathogen is inhibited by different commercially easily available newer fungicides which play an important role in management of smut disease.