National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Foxtail palm (Wodyetia bifurcata L.), is a graceful palm species native to Australia, belongs to family Arecaceae. It is recognized as valuable addition by palm enthusiasts and landscapers to be used in a wide spectrum of landscapes. Leaf blight is one of the emerging and serious disease of foxtail palm. The first evidence of disease appeared as minute circular to irregular spots, which were light-dark brown in colour, lightly sunken surrounded by brown margin and yellow halo. Studies on in vitro evaluation of botanicals and bioagents against blight of the foxtail palm were carried out in the department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Bengaluru. Among the botanicals evaluated maximum per cent inhibition (65.60 %) was recorded in Curcuma longa followed by Lantana camara (49.75 %). Least mycelial inhibition of fungus was recorded in Nicotiana tabacum (17.09 %) showing its least effectiveness against Colletotrichum gleosporoides. Among bacterial bioagents Bacillus subtilis (36.85 %) showed evaluated maximum inhibition percentage which was followed by Bacillus megaterium (35.74 %). Pseudomonas fluroscens has shown least inhibition of 30.37 per cent against C. gloeosporoides. Among the fungal bioagents evaluated maximum (55.93 %) inhibition of mycelial growth was noticed in Trichoderma harzianum followed by T. hamatum (53.33 %) and T. asperellum (50.74 %).
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