Integrated management of yellows and rhizome rot of ginger in field and storage

摘要

Yellows and rhizome rot caused by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. zingiberi Trujillo are serious menance to ginger industry of Himachal Pradesh causing 30 and 50 per cent losses, respectively every year to the growers in the field and storage. The yellows and rhizome rot of ginger was managed by use of healthy rhizomes and pre-sowing and pre-storage treatment of ginger for 60 minutes in a mixture of Dithane M-45(0.25%) + Bavistin (0.1%) followed by Trichoderma harzianum slurry treatment to the rhizomes in cowdung.