20Jul 2017

HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINES USED IN THE MANAGEMENT OF BASAL ROT OF ONION CAUSED BY FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP.CEPAE IN NASIK DISTRICT.

  • Research Laboratory, Department of Botany, K.V. Pendharkar College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Dombivli (E) 421203.Maharashtra India.
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Onion (Allium cepa L.) is commonly called ?queen of kitchen? which is belongs to the family Alliaceae. It is grown over an area of 1173.36 ha with total production of 18928.3 MT (Source NHRDF.2014-15) in Maharashtra. Green leaves or onion bulbs is used as salad and pickling. An economic value of onion is considered to undertake to increase shelf life of post harvesting onion using homeopathic medicines. Basal rot of onion (BRO) is caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cepae the severe pathogen in field and storage condition due to this 30-40 percentage loss of onion. Objectives of this investigation is reduced the use of fungicide and increases the uses of homoeopathic medicines in controlling of basal rot disease. Total, thirty isolates were isolated from infected onions collected from various localities of Nasik district. Total nineteen homoeopathic medicines were used for the management of thiophanate methyl resistant mutant (Foc-EMS-10) of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cepae. Homoeopathic medicines are inhibitory against thiophanate methyl resistant mutant of F. oxysporum f. sp. cepae (Foc-EMS-10). Nux vomica (48.66) was highly effective against F. oxysporum f. sp. cepae at @ 200 Potency PCE (48.66) individually while Tuberculinum (25.66), Chelidonium majus (23.00) showed lowest PCE values and Sulphur (52.33) homoeopathic medicine @ 30 potency as compared with individual thiophanate methyl (38.66) PCE value. In case of mixture ,the Nux vomica mix with thiophanate methyl the PCE was increased up to (73.33) at @ 200 potency while Sulphur was more effective @ 30 potency, PCE (79.00) more fruitful whereas Borax (57.67) PCE was least effective against resistant mutant of F. oxysporum f.sp.cepae.

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[Jagtap J. D. and N. S. Suryawanshi. (2017); HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINES USED IN THE MANAGEMENT OF BASAL ROT OF ONION CAUSED BY FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP.CEPAE IN NASIK DISTRICT. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jul). 1155-1159] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Dr. Nilkanth Shripatrao Suryawanshi
University of Mumbai

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/4823      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4823

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