Agricultural Science Digest
Year : 2000, Volume : 20, Issue : 1
First page : ( 58) Last page : ( 59)
Print ISSN : 0253-150X.

Effect of soil type and plant age on stem rot disease (Rhizoctonia solanl) of cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis).

Chauhan R.S., Maheshwari S.K., Gandhi S.K.

Department of Plant Pathology CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125 004, India

Abstract

Cauliflower plants i.e. upto 20 days old were more prone to attack of Rhizoctonia solani causing stem rot than 35 days old plants. In 50 days old plants susceptibility to the dIsease decreased drastically. Also sandy soil favoured maximum stem rot incidence and least in clay soil.

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