Study on integrated disease managment of Anthracnose in chilli (Capsicum annuum L.) caused by Colletotrichum capsici (Syd.)

Abstract

The present research work on evaluation of Studies on integrated diseases management of anthracnose Colletotrichum chilli (Capsicum annum L.) Caused by capsici (syed) Butler and Bisby During the period of October 2023 to March 2024 at Agricultural Research farm, Faculty of Agricultural Science and Allied Industries, Rama University Mandhana Kanpur Uttar Pradesh. The anthracnose of chilli caused by Colletotrichum capsici (Syd.) is a wide spread problem limiting the profitable cultivation of chilli throughout the major chilli growing regions of India Present research was aimed to check the efficacy of various physical, botanicals, bio-agents and chemicals in vitro as well in vivo condition. Two botanicals viz., Garlic and Neem, two chemical fungicides such as captan and mancozeb and four combination treatments viz., Captan + Neem extract, Mancozeb + Garlic extract, Trichoderma harzianum + Captan and Pseudomonas fluorescens + Carbendazim were tested at different concentrations i.e. 50, 100, 200, 400 and 600 ppm and two biocontrol agents (T. harzianum and P. fluorescens) were observed for their antagonistic against C. capsici in vitro. Neem showed maximum inhibition at all concentration i.e. 38.96%, 40.99%, 50.00%, 55.17% and 57.20% respectively.