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Root Rot Disease Complex of Cotton: A Menace to Crop in Southern Punjab and its Mitigation through Antagonistic Fungi

Root Rot Disease Complex of Cotton: A Menace to Crop in Southern Punjab and its Mitigation through Antagonistic Fungi

Muhammad Arslan Khan1,*, Sajid Aleem Khan1, Imran-ul-haq1 and Rashad Waseem Khan2

1Department of Plant Pathology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
2Institute of Horticultural Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

*      Corresponding author: arsal2012@gmail.com

Fig 1

 Disease prevalence and indices of root rot of cotton at different locations during survey.

Fig 2

Frequency (%) of isolated fungi from root samples (A) and soil samples (B) at different locations.

Fig 3

Population (A) and frequency (%) (B) of nematodes at different locations.

Fig 4

Egg hatching inhibition of M. incognita at R (1/102 spores/ml) (A), R/2 (1/102 spores/ml) (B) and R/4 (1/102 spores/ml) (C) concentrations.

Fig 5

Percent mortality of M. incognita at R (1/102 spores/ml) (A), R/2 (1/102 spores/ml) (B) and R/4 (1/102 spores/ml) (C) concentrations.

Fig 6

Radial growth (cm) of R. bataticola (root rot fungus) in dual culture plate technique.

Disease prevalence
Disease incidence
Relative density of nematodes
Relative density of fungus
Relative density of nematodes
Juvenile mortality
Hatching inhibition

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

April

Pakistan J. Zool., Vol. 56, Iss. 2, pp. 503-1000

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