Efficacy of different soil agro-techniques against peach replant disease as determined by vegetative growth of the plants under surveillance in a replanting site

Abstract

The aim of this experimental study was to evaluate the vegetative performance of the July Elberta’ peach plants grafted and Insitu grafted raised on seedling rootstocks in a replant orchard soil. The experiment was conducted in an area known for intensive peach cultivation for more than 30 years and now the successive monoculture in the same soil has resulted in the problem of soil-sickness. Different soil management practices viz. soil fumigation, SSP, PGPR and biocontrol along with control (i.e. recommended package of practices) were employed as the practices for controlling replant disease and to trigger the growth of plants in a replant soil. The replant soil treatments showed significant (p