Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted in the central farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural
University and lab experiment was conducted in the lab of Department of Plant Pathology,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka during the period from September 2021 to
April, 2022. The study was carried out to evaluate the effect of selected treatments viz. T
0
= Control ; T
1
= Spent Mushroom Substrate (SMS) ; T
2
= Vermicompost ; T
3
= Poultry
manure; T
4
= Biochar ; T
5
= Spent Mushroom Substrate + Biochar ; T
6
= Spent Mushroom
Substrate + Poultry manure ; T
7
= Spent Mushroom Substrate + Vermicompost for the
management of Fusarium wilt of brinjal. In response to different selected treatments, yield
and yield attributes were recorded. On the basis of visible symptoms infected plants and
percent disease incidence were also recorded. The lowest disease incidence was found in
T
5
(Spent Mushroom Substrate + Biochar) followed by T
6
(Spent Mushroom Substrate +
Poultry manure) and the highest disease incidence was found in T
0
. The effect of different
treatments on yield and yield contributing characters also studied and significance variation
was observed. For yield contributing characters the lowest result was found in untreated
control T
0
and the highest result was found in T
5
which was statistically similar with T
6
.In
response to different selected treatments for yield, the highest performances was observed
where Spent Mushroom Substrate + Biochar was used. From the findings of the present
study, it may be concluded that Spent Mushroom Substrate + Biochar and Spent Mushroom
Substrate + Poultry manure can be used as ecofriendly approach for the management of
fusarium wilt of brinjal. However, further investigation is needed to justify the present
findings.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka,
in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN
PLANT PATHOLOGY
