The world's most important food crop and the most important staple food for the expanding Indian population is rice (Oryza sativa L.). In many regions of the world, the disease has resulted in epidemic causing crop losses up to 50 per cent. Biocontrol has emerged as a useful tool...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i92396
Microencapsulation of biological control agents in biopolymer matrices is a valuable alternative to produce formulations with extended shelf-life. In this work, Trichoderma asperellum TAIK 1 conidia and Pseudomonas putida PIK1 bacterial cells were microencapsulated using differen...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i173241
False smut caused by the flower-infecting fungus, Ustilaginoidea virens has become an important disease of rice seriously hampering quality and quantity of rice worldwide. Presently, rice false smut (RFS) was generally controlled by synthetic fungicides, which affect grain qualit...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i92291
Three different modules were formulated and tested for the integrated management of the chilli viral complex at two different locations. Out of the three modules, the disease incidence was significantly less in module- 2 during both the years consecutively, which recorded 27.2 pe...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i1131204
Maize is renowned as the "Queen of Cereals" and is one of the world's most significant cereal crops. Several foliar and stalk rot diseases affect maize crops. The illness affected the majority of the cultivars that were issued. The influence of overuse of chemical fungicides on t...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i730709
Twenty four fungal biocontrol agents and twelve bacterial biocontrol agents were screened for their efficacy against phytopathogenic fungi Rhizoctonia solani through dual culture technique. Trichoderma harzianum-1 and Pseudomonas fluorescence-2 were found effective in inhibition...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/35307
The experiment was conducted under laboratory conditions by using native isolates. These were tested against stem rot (S. rolfsii) and collar rot (A. niger) pathogens of groundnut under in vitro conditions by using dual culture technique. The fungal and bacterial bioagents which...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i51767
The use of drone spraying technology has shown great promise in overcoming the limitations of manual spraying in agriculture. However, ensuring the physical compatibility of pesticide mixtures for drone applications remains a crucial aspect. In this study, we conducted an experim...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i92517