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MANAGEMENT OF CLUBROOT DISEASE (PLASMODIOPHORA BRASSICAE) OF BRASSICAS USING TRAP CROPPING TECHNIQUES
Article number
867_20
Pages
157 – 164
Language
English
Abstract
Clubroot disease is caused by the obligate biotrophic soil borne microbe Plasmodiophora brassicae (Woronin). Disease development is restricted to members of the Brassicaceae although the roots of some other genera can be infected with the primary stages of the life cycle.
The results reported here come from two years of field experiments using naturally infested farmland studying the effects of several host brassicas and non-host plants as trap crops and establishing the optimum trapping time periods.
Short duration resistant brassica hosts such as radish (Raphanus) and tori sarson (Brassica rapa var. tori) reduced clubroot disease intensity and enhanced the yield of cash crops such as (B. oleracea var. botrytis) cauliflower, cabbage (B. oleracea var. capitata) and local Indian leafy vegetables such as rayosak (Brassica juncea ssp. rugosa).
The results reported here come from two years of field experiments using naturally infested farmland studying the effects of several host brassicas and non-host plants as trap crops and establishing the optimum trapping time periods.
Short duration resistant brassica hosts such as radish (Raphanus) and tori sarson (Brassica rapa var. tori) reduced clubroot disease intensity and enhanced the yield of cash crops such as (B. oleracea var. botrytis) cauliflower, cabbage (B. oleracea var. capitata) and local Indian leafy vegetables such as rayosak (Brassica juncea ssp. rugosa).
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Authors
I. Bhattacharya, G.R. Dixon
Keywords
clubroot, Plasmodiophora brassicae, Brassica rapa, B. Juncea, tori sarson, rayosak, Raphanus, radish, B. Oleracea, cabbage, cauliflower, trap cropping, control
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