Evaluation of bio-formulations for management of storage rot of seed tubers of Colocasia (Colocasia esculenta)

B Bora; P Handique

doi:10.48165/

Authors

B Bora Biswanath College of Agriculture, AAU, Biswanath Chariali, Assam, India
P Handique KVK, AAU, Lakhimpur, Assam

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

Bio-formulations, Cormlets, Rot incidence, Seed tubers, Storage rot

Abstract

The seed tubers of Colocasia (Colocasia esculenta L.) collected from different locations were treated with several bio-formulations, viz. Biofor PF-2, Biomonas, Bioveer and Biozin PTB at 5% concentration to evaluate their efficacy in protecting the seed tubers from rotting in storage. Biozin PTB was found to be the most effective with lowest incidence (8.84%) of rot among all bio-formulations. The seed tubers treated with Biozin PTB recorded highest reduction (80.94%) of rot incidence over the control.

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