An Experimental Study to Appraise the Role of Cina 30CH in Controlling Ascochyta Blight Fungus in Pisum sativum

Abstract

Peas are grown all over the world and are considered an important component of the human diet due to their numerous health advantages and vital components, which include fibre, proteins, complex carbohydrates, vitamin B, folate, and minerals. One of the most destructive diseases is Ascochyta blight, which in large pea-growing areas can cause yearly output losses of 10% to 40%. Considering agro-homoeopathy, a very new and successful farming technique This study assessed the effectiveness of Cina 30, a potentized homoeopathic medication, in reducing the impacts of Ascochyta blight disease in Pisum sativum plants. The overall sample size is 15 plants. There were three groups: A, B, and C, where A represents placebo, B represents fungicide, and C represents CINA 30CH. Each group has five plants for parameter analysis which include Length of the root, Length of the shoot, Length of the pods, Number of leaves, Number of pods. The recorded data was analyzed statistically by using the ANOVA single factor test. The three study groups' respective variances in the plant parameters—root length, shoot length, pod length, number of leaves, and number of pods—were 41.33, 2864.33, 5.25, 394.33, and 9.33. The calculated value of F is 12.76 which is more than the table value of F crit 3.47 at 5% level with degree of freedom v1 = 4 and v2 = 10. The obtained P value 0.00061 is less than 0.01, which is strong evidence to reject the null hypothesis and accept the research hypothesis. According to the findings of this study, CINA 30CH is as effective as a fungicide in improving the features of Pisum sativum that are influenced by the Ascochyta blight fungus.