Effect of fungicides on the management of die-back and fruit rot of chilli (Capsicum annuum L.)
Santoshreddy Machenahalli, V.B. Nargund
Abstract
Die-back and fruit rot diseases are major yield limiting factors in all chilli growing areas of India. In the present investigation, management of chilli die-back and fruit rot was carried out under rainfed ecosystem at the Main Agricultural Research Station, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad. Four systemic and four combi-product fungicides along with control were used for the study. Among the four systemic fungicides, difenconazole 25 EC and pyraclostrobin 20 WG at 0.1% concentration and among five combiproduct fungicides, tricyclazole 18% + mancozeb 62% WP and pyraclostrobin 5% + metiram 55% at 0.25 concentration were found effective against fruit rot and dieback disease. Highest dry chilli yield was observed with difenconazole 25 EC (8.86 q/ha) with cost benefit ratio of 2.59 which was on par with pyraclostrobin 5% + metiram 55% (8.33 q/ha, BC ratio 2.40) and tricyclazole 18% + mancozeb 62% WP (8.21 q/ha BC ratio 2.29).
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