Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper

Vol. 29, Jan. Suppl. Issue 2023; Page No.(158-163)

THE EFFICACY OF VARIOUS FUNGICIDES AGAINST THE TOMATO EARLY BLIGHT (ALTERNARIA SOLANI)

Pansuriya Dhaval, Poonam P. Shete, Yuvraj G. Kasal and Dipen Dholu

Abstract

The tomato is one of the most popular vegetables farmed worldwide. One of the most harmful tomato diseases is early blight, which is a disease that the fungus Alternaria solani causes. This will reduce the quality and quantity of tomatoes. Nearly 80% of losses were reported due to this disease. To evaluate the fungi-toxic activity of the fungicides Kavach, Cbrio Top, Merivon, Avtar, Amistar, and Tilt at the plant pathology department of the faculty of agriculture at LPU, Punjab, over the years 2021–2022, the poisoned food approach was adopted. Six different fungicides were checked at different concentrations like 50, and 100,150 ppm at lab conditions. Propiconazole (Tilt) was found to be most effective, i.e. percent inhibition was 100%. The same fungicides were checked at the field. Among this fungicide Cbrio Top, Merivon, and Amistar were found to be most effective followed by kavach, Tilt, and Avtar.