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Table 1 Management of Foliar fungal diseases on Tomato under protected conditions during Kharif 2017–2018

From: Role of plant growth promoting microbes in the control of fungal foliar diseases of tomato under protected cultivation

Treatments

Treatment details

Foliar diseases of tomato (percentage disease index) %

Early blight

Powdery mildew

Septoria leaf spot

Yield

Before spray

After I spray

After II spray

After III spray

After IV spray

After IV spray

After III spray

After IV spray

 

T1

ST with Trichoderma harzianum @ 5 g kg−1 Fb seedling dip with T. harzianum 10 g l−1 spray with T. harzianum 4 times at 15 days interval

6.66

27.38

22.2

38.48

39.22

27.38

14.06

25.9

51.48

T2

ST with Bacillus subtilis @ 5 g kg−1 Fb seedling dip with B. subtilis 10 g l−1 spray with B. subtilis 4 times 10 g l−1 at 15 days interval

14.80

23.68

21.46

19.24

18.50

15.54

13.32

15.54

60.05

T3

ST with Pseudomonas fluorescens @5 g kg−1 Fb seedling dip with P.fluorescens 10 g l−1 spray with P. fluorescens 10 g l−1 4 times at 15 days interval

14.06

14.8

19.98

19.98

20.72

17.76

16.28

17.76

61.57

T4

ST with Trichoderma harzianum @ 10 g kg−1 Fb spray with T. harzianum @ 10 g l−1 4 times at 15 days interval

8.88

31.82

21.46

32.5

34.78

22.2

23.68

22.94

50.28

T5

ST with Trichoderma harzianum@ 5 g kg−1 Fb spray with B. subtilis @ 10 g l−1 4 times at 15 days interval

11.10

32.56

19.24

28.86

24.42

19.24

14.06

17.02

56.73

T6

ST with Trichoderma harzianum @ 5 g kg−1 Fb spray with P. fluorescens @ 10 g l−1 4 times at 15 days interval

11.84

34.78

17.02

27.38

25.16

24.42

17.76

13.32

59.47

T7

Recom. Check (Sulphur) @ 3 g l−1

13.32

16.28

22.2

25.16

32.94

26.29

13.32

23.76

56.70

T8

Untreated control

13.32

22.94

30.34

40.70

45.14

29.6

14.80

28.86

43.13

 

S.Em±

0.83

1.57

1.80

1.88

1.63

1.83

0.80

1.55

2.16

CD (5%)

2.53

4.80

5.50

5.70

4.94

5.55

2.42

4.70

6.55

CV (%)

7.26

9.04

11.30

10.06

8.80

11.41

5.91

10.24

15.05

  1. Production of HCN, Siderophore and Chitinase
  2. SEm standard error of mean, CD confidence distribution, CV coefficient of variation