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Table 3 Effect of biocontrol agents, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, and fungicide alone or in combinations on tomato diseases under field conditions at Vegetable Research Center during 2014–2015

From: Field efficacy of different combinations of Trichoderma harzianum, Pseudomonas fluorescens, and arbuscular mycorrhiza fungus against the major diseases of tomato in Uttarakhand (India)

No.

Treatment

Plant mortality (%)

Foliar blight PDI (%)

Reduction over control (%)

30 DAT

Reduction over control (%)

30–60 DAT

Reduction over control (%)

1

Th(SA + ST + FS)

11.50 (19.73)

43.43

11.89 (20.15)

51.13

24.06 (29.37)

45.09

2

Pf(SA + ST + FS)

12.66 (20.51)

37.73

16.66 (24.09)

31.52

27.39 (31.55)

37.49

3

Th(SA + ST) + Mancozeb FS

10.66 (19.35)

47.45

12.33 (20.85)

49.32

9.49 (17.94)

78.34

4

Pf(SA + ST) + Mancozeb FS

9.87 (18.42)

51.45

11.67 (19.96)

52.03

12.10 (20.50)

72.38

5

Th + Pf(SA + ST + FS)

5.33 (13.76)

73.78

7.00 (15.70)

71.23

18.46 (25.09)

57.87

6

Th + JM (SA) + Th(ST + FS)

11.33 (19.89)

44.27

10.67 (18.72)

56.14

24.29 (29.52)

44.57

7

Pf + JM (SA) + Pf(ST + FS)

13.66 (21.67)

32.80

11.33 (20.25)

53.43

25.96 (30.62)

40.76

8

Th + Pf + JM(SA) + Th + Pf(ST + FS)

5.00 (13.68)

75.40

6.50 (14.95)

73.28

12.29 (20.49)

71.95

9

JM (SA) + Th + Pf(FS)

16.33 (23.82)

19.68

10.67 (19.05)

56.14

17.05 (24.85)

61.09

10

JM (SA) + Mancozeb(FS)

12.66 (20.80)

37.73

15.33 (23.31)

36.99

9.45 (17.89)

78.43

11

Th + Pf(SA + ST) + Mancozeb(FS)

7.66 (15.66)

62.32

4.33 (12.41)

82.20

10.51 (18.90)

76.01

12

Th + Pf + JM (SA) + Th + Pf (ST) + Mancozeb (FS)

4.00 (11.99)

80.32

3.20 (10.49)

86.84

06.85 (14.95)

84.37

13

Mancozeb(ST) + Mancozeb(FS)

5.33 (13.27)

73.78

7.20 (15.70)

70.40

10.72 (18.42)

75.54

14

Control

20.33 (26.72)

24.33 (29.55)

43.82 (41.44)

 

CD (5%)

3.20 (2.78)

2.00 (1.49)

2.04 (1.52)

 

CV (%)

18.01 (8.93)

14.44 (4.69)

6.76 (3.73)

  1. Data in parenthesis are angular transformed value
  2. Th=Trichoderma harzianum, Pf=Pseudomonas fluorescens, JM=Jas Mycorrhiza, SA=soil application, ST=seedling treatment, FS=foliar spray, DAT=date of transplanting, PDI=% disease index, Foliar blight due to early and late blight of tomato