Potential of Bioagents and Botanicals on Vegetative Growth Parameter of Betelvine (Piper betle) against Leaf Spot (Colletotrichum capsici Syd.)
Anoop Kumar *
Department of Plant Pathology, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj- 211007 (U.P.), India.
Sunil Zacharia
Department of Plant Pathology, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj- 211007 (U.P.), India.
Mukul Kumar
Department of Plant Pathology, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur-208002 (U. P), India.
Siddharth Singh
Department of Plant Pathology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal-(741252), India.
Saurabh Kumar
Department of Plant Pathology, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur-208002 (U. P), India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The betelvine (Piper betle L.) is a perennial climbing evergreen shrub belonging to the Piperaceae, also known as the pepper family. As leaves has economic part of betelvine crop and consumed freshly harvested leaves. The present study were carried out at farmer’s field in collaboration with Department of Plant Pathology, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Sciences Prayagraj to find out the ecological, environmentally and biological safe treatment to manage the disease as well increases the plant height and leaves length. Among all the treatment Trichoderma harzianum found to increase maximum plant height at different days after planting. While, Trichoderma viride increases the maximum leaves length and breadth during both the year.
Keywords: Trichoderma harzianum, Bacillus subtallis, anthracanose, Colletotrichum capsici