Effect of Trichoderma Fortified Compost on Disease Suppression, Growth and Yield of Chickpea

Effect of Trichoderma Fortified Compost on Disease Suppression, Growth and Yield of Chickpea



Prosenjit Talukdar, Mst. Mahfuja Siddiqa, Md. Mahidul Islam Masum, A.B.M. Habibullah, Md. Khurshed Alam Bhuiyan



Trichoderma species are commonly used as effective biological control
agents against phytopathogens especially the soil-borne fungi while some
isolates are able to ameliorate plant growth. In the present study,
Trichoderma fortified compost with different substrates were evaluated
to reduce the pre-emergence and post-emergence seedling mortality,
diseases of stem and root of chickpea caused by several soil-borne
fungal pathogens, including Fusarium oxysporum, Rhizoctonia solani and
Sclerotium rolfsii at different growth stages in the field under natural
epiphytotic conditions. Among the twenty isolates of T. harzianum, Co-7
showed the most effective antagonist against the test pathogens in dual
culture method. In field experiment, subsequently it was used for
inoculum preparation with colonized wheat grain and mixed with
well-matured decomposed composting materials like, saw dust, cow dung,
tea waste, water hyacinth and poultry manure. Trichoderma fortified
compost with poultry manure was found significantly effective in
reducing pre-emergence and post emergence seedling mortality, disease
incidence and disease severity of chickpea in the field. Interestingly,
all the treatments significantly increased but Trichoderma fortified
compost with poultry manure was the best to boost seed yield and
quality. 



10.22161/ijeab/2.2.34



http://ijeab.com/upload_document/issue_files/34%20IJEAB-MAR-2017-37-Effect%20of%20Trichoderma%20Fortified%20Compost.pdf



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