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Table 4 Effect of biocontrol agents, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, and fungicide alone and in combinations on the yield of tomato in the field at Vegetable Research Centre 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)

S. no.

Treatment

Total yield (kg/ha)

Marketable yield (kg/ha)

Marketable yield (%)

Increase in marketable yield over check (%)

1

Th (SA + ST + FS)

22,733

19,500

85.78

22.05

2

Pf (SA + ST + FS)

23,100

19,700

85.28

22.84

3

Th (SA + ST) + Mancozeb FS

23,805

22,733

95.50

33.14

4

Pf (SA + ST) + Mancozeb FS

25,000

23,267

93.06

34.67

5

Th + Pf (SA + ST + FS)

26,500

25,233

95.22

39.76

6

Th + JM(SA) + Th (ST + FS)

24,000

22,433

93.47

32.24

7

Pf + JM(SA) + Pf (ST + FS)

24,335

22,096

90.80

31.20

8

Th + Pf + JM(SA) + Th + Pf (ST + FS)

27,233

25,767

94.62

41.00

9

JM(SA) + Th + Pf (FS)

24,333

22,833

93.84

33.43

10

JM(SA) + Mancozeb (FS)

22,608

21,301

94.22

28.64

11

Th + Pf(SA + ST) + Mancozeb(FS)

26,767

25,433

95.01

40.24

12

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

28,500

26,833

94.15

43.35

13

Mancozeb(ST) + Mancozeb(FS)

25,600

24,667

96.36

38.38

14

Control

19,500

15,200

77.95

 

CD (5%)

6.54

5.88

 

CV (%)

1.82

1.53

  1. Marketable yield was calculated by deducting damaged fruits from the total yield
  2. Th=Trichoderma harzianum, Pf=Pseudomonas fluorescens, JM=Jas Mycorrhiza, SA=soil application, ST=Seedling treatment, FS=foliar spray