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EFFECT OF POULTRY MANURE AND SAWDUST ON SURVIVAL OF SCLEROTIA OF MACROPHOMINA PHASEOLINA IN SOIL A. H. SHAIKH AND A. GHAFFAR*
Abstract: Using wet sieving and dilution technique,
the sclerotial population of Macrophomina phaseolina in soil amended with
poultry manure and sawdust was studied. Sclerotial population of M. phaseolina
declined after 15-day period where poultry manure @ 1, 3 and 5%w/w was used. No
significant change in sclerotial population was observed where sawdust was used.
Department
of Botany, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences & Technology, Gulshan-e
Iqbal Campus, Karachi-75300, Pakistan. |
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