Management of Fusarium wilt of watermelon

摘要

The treatment comprising soil amendment with neem cake immediately followed by soil solarization with polyethelene sheets (25-50 m mu) one month before sowing, seed treatment with Trichoaerma viride and soil drenching with Biowonder (multibacterial culture) twice at an interval of 20 days after sowing was found to be most effective in management of Fusarium wilt of watermelon (Citrullus vulgaris S.). The treatment recorded significantly higher yield (24.62 t/ha) and the least wilt incidence (13.15 per cent). Significant increase in shoot length (269.02 cm), root length (91.34 cm) and T.S.S. of fruit (9.41 °B) was observed in plots comprising the same treatment.