Biocontrol of banded leaf and sheath blight of maize by peat based Pseudomonas fluorescens formulation
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G. SIVAKUMAR, R.C. SHARMA and S.N. RAI
Division of Plant Pathology, Indian Agricultural Resarch Institute, New Delhi 110 012
Keywords:
Banded leaf and sheath blight, biological control, maize, Pseudomonas jluorescensAbstract
Pseudomonas fluorescens PF-1, isolated from the maize crop rhizosphere, exhibited inhibitory action against Rhizoctonia solani f.sp. sasakii causing banded leaf and sheath blight of maize in Himachal Pradesh, India. Among the carriers, peat and talcmaintained the population at 19.5X107 and 18.3X107 cfu/g of the product, respectively, after 40 days of storage. The disease was effectively controlled by seed treatment of the peat based formulation at 16 g/kg, or as a soil application of 2.5 kg/ha, orby spraying the liquid formulation twice at 5 g/litre of water.
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