EFFECT OF DIFFERENT CONTROL PRACTICES ON POPULATION DENSITY OF VARIOUS FUNGI AT PRE-SOWING AND POST-HARVESTING STAG IN NURSERY OF TOMATO

R.P. PRASAD¹*, P. WILLIAMS², S.K. SINGH^3
1Department of Plant Pathology & Nematology, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Naini, Prayagraj, 211007, Uttar Pradesh, India
²Department of Plant Pathology & Nematology, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Naini, Prayagraj, 211007, Uttar Pradesh, India
³Department of Agronomy, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Naini, Prayagraj, 211007, Uttar Pradesh, India
* Corresponding Author : rpprasad79@gmail.com

Received : 31-12-2019     Accepted : 12-01-2019     Published : 15-01-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 1       Pages : 7722 - 7724
Int J Agr Sci 11.1 (2019):7722-7724

Keywords : Microbial diversity, pre-sowing and post-harvesting stage
Academic Editor : Dr Vijay Prajapati
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Naini, Prayagraj, 211007, Uttar Pradesh, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Tomato is the most popular vegetable in the world because of its taste, colour and high nutritive value and also for its diversified use. There are many factors involved in low yield of tomato; among them are infestations by fungi, bacteria, nematodes or viruses and the competing weeds are predominant. The most urgent need is to develop bio-control agents and varieties of tomato that can resist the ravage of important fungal diseases caused by Alternaria sp, Aspergillus sp, Penicillium sp Helimenthosporium sp.

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