Assessment of biopriming potential of Trichoderma and Pseudomonas against seed and soil borne diseases of safflower
Assessment of biopriming potential of Trichoderma and Pseudomonas against seed and soil borne diseases of safflower
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Keywords:
Bio-priming, Pseudomonas, Safflower, Seed and soil borne diseases, TrichodermaAbstract
A field experiment was conducted for two consecutive rabi seasons from 2017-18 to 2018-19 to evaluate the
biopriming potential of Trichoderma and Pseudomonas as a seed dressers for management of seed and soil borne diseases of safflower. Among the different priming treatments, seed bio-priming with Trichoderma harzianum @ 10g/litre water for 12 hrs was found most effective as it recorded significantly highest germination (95.3%), least incidence of Phytophthora seedling blight (4.9%), Fusarium wilt (4.4%) and Macrophomina root rot (4.7%) and significantly highest seed yield (1023 kg/ha), net monetary returns (Rs.21260/-) and B:C ratio (2.21).
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