Utility of Trichoderma Amended Compost to Manage Soil Borne Fungal Diseases of Vegetable Crops in Kota District of Rajasthan (India)
Lalita Sharma *
Department of Sciences, Modi Institute of Management and Technology, Dadabari, Kota, Rajasthan 324009, India.
Pratima Shrivastava
Department of Botany, JDB Girls Govt. PG College, Kota, Rajasthan 324001, India.
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Abstract
In the present research article, Trichoderma species was isolated and multiplied on a growth medium without contamination for compost preparation. The aim of this study was detecting organic substrates of Trichoderma spp. for their antagonistic ability, for this purpose six major agricultural fields of Kota district are selected , from each field about 3-3 samples of soil are collected to detect the percentage of fungal disease incidence and tricho-compost was applied over diseased plants to minimize the fungal attack over vegetable crops. It was observed that the disease incidence is minimized by using tricho-compost mixed with soil in Gopalpura and Balita Village.
Keywords: Trichoderma, pure culture, antagonistic, tricho – compost, isolation