Trichoderma species Antagonistic potential for hostility, against Sclerotium rolfsii-induced Brinjal Collar Rot
Maria Modi and R. Udhaya Kumar*
Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu-608002 (India)
ABSTRACT
Brinjal is affected by several bacterial, fungal and viral diseases but Collar rot disease is considered as the most common diseases in the brinjal growing areas. Collar rot of brinjal is one of the most devastating disease which cause great loss in the yield of the crop. There are different management practices for the brinjal collar rot, but since its a soil borne pathogen it were difficult to control. Biological methods were used to control the disease since chemical methods is harmful to environment . There are different biological control used but Trichoderma species was used since its found to be effective against Sclerotium rolfsii. The maximum percent inhibition was found in Tr-1 with 81.95% and least inhibition was observed in isolate no Tr-6 with 64.34% inhibition when compared over control.