Integrated management of major diseases of mungbean by seed treatment and foliar application of insecticide, fungicides and bioagent

Dubey, S.C. and Singh, B. (2013) Integrated management of major diseases of mungbean by seed treatment and foliar application of insecticide, fungicides and bioagent. Crop Protection, 47. pp. 55-60.

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Abstract

Field experiments were conducted during the rainy seasons of 2009 and 2010 for the management of the major diseases of mungbean, namely, wet root rot (Rhizoctonia solani), cercospora leaf spots (Cercospora canescens and Pseudocercospora cruenta) and yellow mosaic (Mungbean Yellow Mosaic Virus) by using different combinations of an insecticide, fungicide, and bio-formulation as seed treatment, with or without foliar sprays. A combination of seed treatment with thiamethoxam (Cruiser™) at 4 g kg−1, carboxin (Vitavax™) at 2 g kg−1 and Pusa 5SD (Trichoderma virens) at 4 g kg−1 followed by simultaneous foliar sprays of thiamethoxam (Actara™) 0.02% and carbendazim (Bavistin™) 0.05% at 21 and 35 days after sowing resulted in the highest seed germination and grain yield in mungbean with the lowest intensities of cercospora leaf spots and mungbean yellow mosaic, and moderate incidence of wet root rot. The lowest whitefly population was also observed in this treatment during all stages of the crop. The treatment combinations having Pusa 5SD as seed treatment provided the lowest wet root rot incidence. Two sprays were superior to single spray for all variables recorded, but in combination with seed treatment, single spray was found to be more cost effective as it obtained the highest return per rupee of input. Use of T. virens based bio-formulation Pusa 5SD with insecticide thiamethoxam has been effectively demonstrated for the first time along with fungicides Bavistin and Vitavax for the management of the major diseases of mungbean

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Vigna radiata; Wet root rot; Cercospora leaf spots; Mungbean Yellow Mosaic Virus; Whitefly; Management
Author Affiliation: Division of Plant Pathology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India
Subjects: Plant Protection
Crop Improvement
Divisions: Common Bean
Depositing User: Mr. SanatKumar Behera
Date Deposited: 04 Mar 2013 02:54
Last Modified: 04 Mar 2013 02:54
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2012.12.025
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/9756

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