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CONTROL OF ROOT ROT (Macrophomina phaseolina (TASSI) GOID.) AND STEM FLY (Ophiomyia phaseoli TRYON) ON COWPEA

Volume : 75
Issue: Mar-apr
Pages: 133 - 138
Published: September 22, 2023
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Abstract


Efficacy of soil application of three fungicides viz., carbendazim 0.1 per cent, quinto- zene 0.1 per cent and TMTD 0.2 per cent and two granular insecticides viz., aldicarb and carbofuran 1.0 kg. a.i. pur ha on the control of root rot under laboratory, pot culture and field conditions was assessed. Soil application with carbendazim 0.1 per cent and quinto- zene 0.1 per cent were effective in controiling root rot disease followed by TMTD 0.2 per cent. But the granular insecticides did not significantly affect the disease incidence in comparison with fungicides. Carbofuran and aldicarb at 1.0 Kg. a.i. per ha and their com- binations with carbendazim. quintozene and TMTD were effective In reducing the stem fly incidence.

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133 - 138
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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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