21Jun 2017

EFFECT OF TRADITIONAL AGRONOMIC PRACTICES ON FUNGAL DISEASES OF RAPESEED MUSTARD UNDER ORGANIC FARMING SYSTEM IN MANIPUR

  • Department of Life Sciences, Manipur University ,Canchipur, Imphal - 795003, India
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Field experiments were conducted at Kakching, Manipur to test the effect of traditional agronomic practices (intercropping, plant density and date of sowing) on fungal diseases of rapeseed ?mustard i.e., two varieties of rapeseed and two local cultivars of mustard during rabi 2014 -15 & 2015 -16. Correlation of weather parameters with disease severity of Alternaria blight was carried out to evaluate the nature of disease progress. The crop was raised under organic condition using normal agronomic practices followed by organic farmers of the area. Weekly surveys for quantification of diseases revealed significant effects of the agronomic practices on severity of fungal diseases . Although all the agronomic practices were effective, plant density (T3) was found to be most effective in reducing the disease severity of the crop. Weather variables play important roles in disease development.

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[Yengkhom Premlata Devi and G.K.N. Chhetry. (2017); EFFECT OF TRADITIONAL AGRONOMIC PRACTICES ON FUNGAL DISEASES OF RAPESEED MUSTARD UNDER ORGANIC FARMING SYSTEM IN MANIPUR Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jun). 1256-1260] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Yengkhom Premlata Devi
Department of Life Sciences, Manipur University ,Canchipur, Imphal - 795003, India

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/4532      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4532

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