NAWALE RUTUJA YADAORAO, SANKET SUDHAKAR CHAVAN, LOKENDRA SINGH, SHWETA MESHRAM, MEENAKSHI RANA AND SEWETA SRIVASTAVA*
School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara-144 411 (Punjab), India
*(e-mail: seweta.21896@lpu.co.in; Mobile: 83602 87932)
(Received: July 5, 2022; Accepted: August 11, 2022)
ABSTRACT
Macrophomina phaseolina causes charcoal rot in economically important crops all over the world. Present
investigation was taken on evaluation of seven fungicides viz., carbendaxim+mancozeb, captan, carboxin,
thiophanate methyl, ridomil, tebuconazole and difeconazole and a bioagent Trichoderma viride against M.
phaseolina under both in vitro and in vivo conditions. Among the fungicides, minimum mortality was
recorded with carbendazim+mancozeb and this treatment was significantly superior over rest of the
treatments, followed by thiophanate methyl. Maximum root length of soybean was recorded with
carbendazim+mancozeb (12.08 cm) followed by T. viride (12.07 cm). From the results obtained, it was
concluded that selected fungicides and biocontrol agent significantly reduced the growth of M. phaseolina.
Keywords: Charcoal rot, biocontrol, fungicides, Macrophomina phaseolina, soybean