Laboratory management of Sclerotium rolfsii pathogen by different test to check the efficacy of plant products, biocontrol agents and fungicides

Abstract

Eight bioagents and eight botanicals eleven treatment of each of them were evaluated in a laboratory environment and the results showed that all of the fungicides strongly suppressed S. rolfsii mycelia growth compared to the untreated control. Azoxystrobin, Hexaconazole, Penconazole, Propiconazole, and Carbendazim+Mancozeb showed the highest mycelia growth suppression (100%) and were followed by Carbendazim (96.60%). In case of bioagents, Trichoderma viride had the highest mycelial growth inhibition in bioagents (69.62%), followed by T. harzianum (66.66) and in terms of botanicals, Zingiber offcinalis (83.34%) was the botanical that considerably inhibited mycelial growth mostly, followed by Allium sativum (85.64).