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EFFECT OF OILSEED CAKES ALONE OR IN COMBINATION WITH TRICHODERMA SPECIES FOR THE CONTROL OF CHARCOAL ROT OF SUNFLOWER (HELIANTHUS ANNUS L.)

MUHAMMAD ANIS, M. JAVED ZAKI AND SHAHNAZ DAWAR

Abstract: Seed treatment with oil seed cakes like Cotton cake, Mustard cake (Black and yellow) and Taramera cake alone or in combination with Trichoderma harzianum­ and T. resei significantly reduced colonization of roots by charcoal rot fungus (Macrophomina phaseolina) and significantly increased growth of sunflower (Helianthus annus L.) plants. Highest reduction in charcoal rot of sunflower was observed when seeds of sunflower were coated with cotton cake and T. resei followed by Taramera cake and T. harzianum and Mustard cake in combination with T. harzianum.

Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan