Management of Pearl millet through foliar application of cow urine, selective chemicals and botanicals

Abstract

Pearl millet is a staple cereal grown in India. It encounters number of diseases which attack the crop during its growth, cause low yield and economic loss to the peasant ad finally to the nation as a whole. The blast also referred as leaf spot caused by Pyricularia grisea has emerged as a serious disease affecting both forage and grain production in pearl millet. In view of this, the Trifloxystrobin + Tebuconazole @ 0.05% was found most effective as it show minimum PDI followed by Propiconazole @ 0.05%, Tricyclazole (Beam) @0.1%, Azoxystrobin 25 EC @0.05%, Iprobenphos (kitazin) 48 EC @0.1%, cow urine, NSKE, Allium sativum, at last Lantana camera were as the maximum Blast score (0-9) was recorded in control. The maximum grain was obtained in Tricyclazole, followed Triofloxystrobin+Tebuconazole, Propiconazole, Azoxtstrobin, Iprobenphos (kitazin), NSKE, Allium sativum, control, while minimum grain yield was recorded in Lantana camera followed by Cow urine. The maximum fodder was obtained in Propiconazole, followed Triofloxystrobin+Tebuconazole, Tricyclazole, Azoxtstrobin, Iprobenphos (kitazin), NSKE, Allium sativum, cow urine, while minimum grain yield was recorded in control followed by Lantana camera.