Effect of various antagonists on biochemical parameters of banana fruits infected with Colletotrichum musae Berk. & Curt. causing anthracnose Mevada R. R.1,*, Kapadiya H. J., Bhaliya C. M., Talaviya J. R. 1Department of Plant Pathology, Anand Agricultural University, Anand-388110, Gujarat (India) Department of Plant Pathology, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh-362001, Gujarat (India) *E-mail: ravinarmevada@gmail.com
Online Published on 19 March, 2024. Abstract Banana suffers with several kinds of infections like fungal, bacterial and viral origin diseases, among them anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum musae has become a severe problem in recent years in the quality of fruits. To know the effect of anthracnose disease on total sugar and phenol content of banana various twelve treatments viz., mancozeb 75% WP, captan 75% WP, carbendazim 50% WP, propiconazole 25% ec, carbendazim 12% + mancozeb 63% WP, carbendazim 37.5% + thiram 37.5% DS, cinnamon oil, basil oil, garlic extract, neem extract, T. harzianum and P. fluorescens with two controls (healthy and infected) were employed in the present study. The biochemical studies revealed that the infected fruits showed the lowest total sugar (10.84 mg/g) and total phenol (4.65 mg/g) as compared to healthy banana fruits. The fruits treated with carbendazim 12% + mancozeb 63% WP at 0.05% showed total sugar (46.11 mg/g) and total phenol (8.85 mg/g) content nearer to healthy banana fruits, i.e., 48.50 mg/g and 9.34 mg/g, respectively. Top Keywords Anthracnose, Biochemical studies, Total sugar, Total phenol. Top |