Evaluation of different fungicides against boll rot and foliar diseases of cotton
Research Type
AICRP on Cotton
Experiment Background
Cotton plant (Gossypium hirsutum L.) belonging to the family Malvaceae is an important fiber yielding plant throughout the world and is the foremost raw material for booming a textile industry. During the period of November, boll rot symptoms were noticed on cotton crop. However, in certain areas or in some seasons they can cause heavy losses in both yield and quality. Boll rot is considered as the most destructive one. In the USA, at least 170 microorganisms are capable of causing cotton boll rot. The majority of the damage is attributed to the species of Fusarium, Diplodia, Glomerella, Xanthomonas, Rhizopus and Alternaria (Guthrie et al., 1994). Sclerotium rolfsii is identified as one of the causes of boll rot in Bangladesh (Shamsi et al., 2008). This on the whole state of affairs leads to felt a closer inspection of the diseases those were present on cotton crop under South Gujarat region, hence systemic explorations by using different fungicides on cotton diseases were carried out. Keeping in view, an experiment based treatment is planned for the effective management of the boll rot and cotton diseases.
Experiment Group
Plant Pathology
Unit Type
(01)RESEARCH UNIT
Unit
(46)MAIN COTTON RESEARCH STATION (SURAT)
Department
(269)Main Cotton Research Station Surat
BudgetHead
(313/02009/04)313/26/REG/00091
Objective
To find out the effective fungicides for the management of boll rot and cotton diseases.