Abstract

A NEW PHYTOREMEDIATION STRATEGY FOR CHICKPEA WILT DISEASE MANAGEMENT

Virendra Kumar*, Anita Kumari

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Abstract

Extract of 58 plant spp. belonging to angiospermic families were sreened against Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceri causing chickpea wilt by Poisoned Food Technique under laboratory condition. Tylophora asthmatica exhibited 100 percent inhibition of mycelial growth. The MIC was 400×103μl/l. The extract was fungistatic at its MIC but was fungicidal at higher concentration (900×103μl/l). The efficacy of extract was neither affected by increased inoculum density nor by temperature. In vivo trials it was observed to be non-phytotoxic and also managed the wilting in chickpea.

Keywords: Tylophora asthmatica exhibited 100 percent inhibition of mycelial growth. The MIC was 400×103μl/l.