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EFFECT OF PLANT EXTRACTS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF TOMATO LEAFCURL VIRUS (TLCV) IN TOMATO (Lycopersicon esculentum, Mill)

Volume : 85
Issue: Jul-sep
Pages: 365 - 366
Published: July 02, 2023
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Abstract


The experiment conducted in glass house for the management of tomato leaf curl virus in tomato revealed that among the 38 non-host plant species tested at 10% concentration as pre-inoculation spray, leaf extracts from Mirabilis jalapa and Catluaranthus roseus recorded 96% reduction in TLCV infection over contrl followed by Vitex negundo, Eucalyptus globulus, cynodon dactylon, Pongamia glabra, Acacia arabica leaf and pod Pithecellobium dulce bark, Datura metal, Thuja occidentalis, Ocimum sanctum, Coleus parviflorus, Mentha piperita and Dioscorea alata with reduction of disease varying from 84-92% over control.

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365 - 366
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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TLCV Plant extract % disease reduction
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