Management of finger millet blast through new fungicides

Abstract

The field experiment was conducted at Agricultural Research Station, Vizianagaram against finger millet blast caused by Pyricularia grisea using different fungicides. The per cent disease intensity of leaf blast ranged from 1.7 to 3.3, neck blast ranged from 7.7 to 80 and finger blast ranged from 7.0 to 80. Among all the treatments T6 ie., propiconazole was proved to be best with least incidence of leaf (1.7), neck (7.7) and finger blast (7.0) and also recorded highest grain and fodder yield. Treatments Tebuconazole+ Trifloxystrobin, Tricyclazole, Tricyclazole+ Mancozeb, Isprothiolane, Azoxystrobin + Difenconazole, Carbendazim + Mancozeb, Carbendazim were also found superior over control in controlling finger millet blast.