Effect of Different Pigeon Pea Intercropping Systems on Foliar Diseases of Safed Musli Lad R.S.*, Ingle R. W., Madavi P.N. Department of Plant Pathology, Post Graduate Institute, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidhyapeeth, Akola-444104, (M.S.) *email: ranjitlad88@gmail.com
Online published on 2 January, 2017. Abstract The field experiment was carried out during 2014–15 at Nagarjuna Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Garden, Dr. P.D.K.V., Akola to evaluate the effect of different row proportions of Safed musli + Pigeon pea on incidence and intensity of foliar diseases of Safed musli caused by Alternaria alternata and Phoma spp. The row proportions of Safed musli + Pigeon pea were arranged as 2: 1, 3: 1, 2: 2, 1: 2 and whole Safed musli as a control. The results showed that disease incidence and intensity of Alternaria alternata were statistically significant at 73 DAS in treatment T2 of 3: 1 intercropping (Safed musli + Pigeon pea) 20.43% and 1.54% respectively. The Incidence and intensity of disease were non-significant at 80 DAS. The lowest incidence of foliar disease caused by Phoma spp. was observed, in treatment T2 of 3: 1 intercropping (Safed musli + Pigeon pea) at 62 DAS (21.03%) and 69 DAS (27.10%), at 76 DAS lowest disease incidence of Phoma spp. was observed in treatment T1 of 2: 1 intercropping (Safed musli + Pigeon pea) (32.33%). The lowest intensity of Phoma spp. was observed, in treatment T3 of 2: 2 intercropping (Safed musli + Pigeon pea) at 62 DAS (1.39%) but at 69 DAS, 76 DAS and 83 DAS treatments were statistically non-significant. Top Keywords Alternaria alternata, Phoma spp, Safed musli, Pigeon pea, Intercropping. Top |