Author(s):

Riyazuddeen Khan, AR Wasnikar, Gyanendra Singh and M Surya Prakash Reddy

Abstract: Sclerotium rolfsii is a soil borne plant pathogen causing root rot, stem rot, collar rot, wilt and foot rot diseases on more than 500 plant species of agricultural and horticultural crops throughout the world. SMS also possesses good bio-control activity against certain foliar and soil borne diseases and potential to bioremediate several agricultural grade fungicides and pesticides. The experiment was conducated at different concentrations of spent mushroom substrate amended with soil and Sclerotium rolfsii in pot culture. The observations to be recorded disease incidence, phenotypic parameters and disease severity index.

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