Vol. 10 (1) : January-February 2019 issue
Green Farming Vol. 10 (1) : 115-117 ; January-February, 2019
Standardisation of concentration of Bordeaux mixture for management of fruit rot disease (P. meadii) of arecanut
M. RAVIKUMAR1*, B.A. PRADEEP KUMAR2 and NIRANJANA K.S.3
Agricultural and Horticultural Research Station, Thirthahalli - 577 432 (Karnataka)
Designation : 1Professor and Head *(arstth@gmail.com), 2Research Associate, 3Technical Assistant
Subject : Plant Pathology, Nematology and Virology, Mushroom Cultivation
Paper No. : P-7515
Total Pages : 3
Received : 24 December 2018
Revised accepted : 19 January 2019
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Citation :
M. RAVIKUMAR, B.A. PRADEEP KUMAR and NIRANJANA K.S. 2019. Standardisation of concentration of Bordeaux mixture for management of fruit rot disease (P. meadii) of arecanut. Green Farming Vol. 10 (1) : 115-117 ; January-February, 2019
ABSTRACT
Arecanut (Areca catechu L) is a most important profitable plantation crop cultivated in humid tropics of India. Fruit rot caused by Phytophthora meadii is a major constraint in arecanut production causing heavy economic yield loss or death of the arecanut palm itself. During 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 an investigation with Bordeaux mixture and stabilized Blue Bordo both at 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5 per cent, respectively along with control was conducted at Panatha, Megaravalli located in Malnad region of Karnataka. The average annual rainfall of this place during the experimental period was 3052.80 mm. The results revealed that the number of healthy bunches (3.05), lowest number of infected bunches (1.05), lowest number of fallen nuts (15.92), lowest number of infected nuts (12.10), lowest weight of fallen nuts (143.15g) and highest green nut weight (14.12 kg) per palm were recorded with the treatment Bordeaux mixture 1.0 %. Lowest number of healthy bunches (2.59), highest number of fallen nuts (33.41), highest number of infected nuts (30.10), highest weight of fallen nuts (366.78g) and lowest green nut weight per palm (10.46 kg) were recorded with the untreated control.
Key words :
Arecanut, Bordeaux mixture, Fruit rot disease (kole roga), Phytophthora meadii.