Efficacy Assessment of Various New Fungicides for Management of Powdery Mildew of Pea (Pisum sativum L. sub sp. hortense)
Sonali Agrawal *
Department of Horticulture, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India.
B. K. Singh
Department of Horticulture, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India.
Anand K. Singh
Department of Horticulture, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India.
Amit Kumar Maurya
Department of Horticulture, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India.
Umesh Kumar Dhakad
Department of Plant Pathology, Rajasthan College of Agriculture (RCA), Udaipur, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The experiment was carried out to test the comparative efficacy of various new fungicides in management of powdery mildew disease of garden pea. The results obtained by the concerned study revealed that Tebuconazole 50% + Trifloxystrobin 25% WG at a dosage of 350 g/ha was highly effective in controlling powdery mildew disease after 1st, 2nd and 3rd spray as compared to other fungicides used followed by Tebuconazole 50% + Trifloxystrobin 25% WG @ 300 g/ha and Tebuconazole 250 EC (Tebuconazole 25.9 w/w EC) @ 700 ml/ha.
Keywords: Powdery mildew, pea (Pisum sativum) & fungicides etc.