COMPARATIVE STUDY ON EFFECT OF PLANT EXTRACT AND CHEMICAL FUNGICIDES AGAINST SEED BORNE PATHOGENS OF CHICKPEA

A Hossain, A H M M Haque, J Datta, T R Tanni and R Hasan
Journal of the Sylhet Agricultural University, Volume 2, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 179-182

Abstract:

The yield of chickpea (Cicer arietinum) is decreasing day by day due to some seed borne pathogen in Bangladesh. In this experiment, some plant extract and chemical fungicides were evaluated against seed borne pathogens of chickpea along with germination ability. A total of 15 seed samples of BARI Chola-9 were collected from different chickpea growing areas in Bangladesh. A significant variation was observed in germination percentage as well as pathogen association of the seeds. Seven seed-borne fungi such as Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus, Penicillium sp., Fusarium sp., Botrytis cinerea, Rhizopus stolonifer and Alternaria alternata were detected. The highest prevalence of seed borne pathogen in chickpea was found from Bianibazar upazila sample along with lowest germination percentage. After the seed treatment with plant extract and chemical fungicides, the lowest disease incidence was found in Bavistin 70 WP than other treatments. Thus, Bavistin 70 WP may be an efficient seed-treating chemical fungicide to control seed borne pathogens of chickpea.

Keywords:

Chemical, plant extract, chickpea, fungicide, germination


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A Hossain, A H M M Haque, J Datta, T R Tanni and R Hasan. 2015. COMPARATIVE STUDY ON EFFECT OF PLANT EXTRACT AND CHEMICAL FUNGICIDES AGAINST SEED BORNE PATHOGENS OF CHICKPEA, Journal of the Sylhet Agricultural University 2(2): 179-182.