Screening of chickpea varieties, cultivars, elite lines against Rhizoctonia bataticola causing dry root rot of chickpea

Abstract

Effect of different systemic, contact and comi-fungicides and different bioagents on Rhizoctonia bataticola causing dry root of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). crop were studied during 2018-19 at VNMKV, Parbhani. In present studies all of the 12 fungicdes tested were found effective against R. bataticola and however, the systemic fungicides Carbendazim 50% WP, Tebuconazole 29.9% EC, Hexaconazole 5%EC and Azoxystrobin and the contact and combi-fungicides Carbendazim 12% +Mancozeb 63% WP and Carboxin 37.5% + Thiram 37.5% WP gave cent per cent (100%) mycelial inhibition. Whereas Trichoderma asperellum recorded highest mycelial growth inhibition (88.27%) followed by T. harzianum (83.4%).