Author(s):

Mukesh Kumar Prajapati, Sobita Simon and Kunwar Zeeshan Khan

Abstract: Garlic (Allium sativum L.) is an important crop grown throughout world. The crop attacked by various pathogens, among them fungal pathogen Altenaria porri (Ellis) Cif. causing purple blotch disease of garlic is an important plant pathogen and leading to great loss in yield and quality of crop. In this study the response of different organic manure were tested against purple blotch disease of garlic. Among all the treatments, the minimum disease index was recorded in T₂ poultry manure (26.87%) followed by T₄ neem cake (33.13%), T₃ goat manure (33.90 %), T₁ farm yard manure (36.00%) and T₅ vermi compost (38.67%) as compare to control T₀ (48.77%). The maximum plant height was recorded in treatment T₂ poultry manure (58.13cm), followed by T₄ neem cake (55.93 cm), T₃ goat manure (55.40 cm), T₁ farm yard manure (55.13cm) while lowest plant height was recorded in T₅ vermi compost (51.71cm) as compare to control T₀ (46.90 cm). The yield data showed that the maximum yield of garlic was recorded in treatment T₂ poultry manure (54.16 q/ha) followed by T₄ neem cake (44.16 q/ha), T₃ goat manure (42.5 q/ha), farm yard manure (40.00 q/ha) and T₅ vermi compost (26.66 q/ha) as compared with control T₀ (26.42 q/ha). Result of this study revealed that poultry manure can be used in against purple blotch disease and also showed growth promoting activity.

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