Pratishtha Adhikari

Agriculture and Forestry University · Plant Pathology

An experiment was conducted with ve treatments in pot culture at Chitwan, in Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with six replications to study the e cacy of botanicals in controlling damping off disease of cauli ower. Analysis of variance for each variable showed signi cant differences among treatments. The aqueous extracts of Neem leaf, Garlic clo...

Fungal diseases Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lentis (fusarium wilt), stemphylium blight (Stemphylium botryosum) and collar rot (Sclerotium rolfsii) are the most important biotic constraint for lentils production in Nepal. Under favorable conditions, these pathogens cause severe yield losses in most lentil growing areas of Nepal. Botrytis grey mold (Bot...

Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc. is one of the most important plant pathogens commonly causing root rot, stem rot, wilt and foot rot in various crop species. A wide range of host, profuse mycelial growth, and ability to produce persistent sclerotia makes them difficult to control. Biological control using Trichoderma could provide a sustainable tool for th...

Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc. is prevalent in leguminous and solanaceous crops but over the last five years, its severity has increased in several crops such as rice, onion and chilli in Nepal. A study on cross infectivity of S. rolfsii was carried out in March, 2019 at Agriculture and Forestry University, Chitwan. S. rolfsii were isolated from eight cr...

Seven promising genotypes of Gladiolus were experimented during the two consecutive years of 2014/15 and 2015/16 in the field of Horticulture Research Division, Khumaltar, Lalitpur (1332 masl) to evaluate the performances of their vegetative, floral and corm characteristics. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design with four...

p> A study on incidence of mycoflora was carried out by blotter method in wheat seeds. Forty seed sample of wheat ( Triticum aestivum ) was collected, ten varieties/genotypes each from Chitwan; Kaski; Banke and Lalitpur. The study was done at Seed Quality Control Center, Hariharbhawan, Lalitpur, Nepal, during August to December, 2013, with the obje...

Forty seed sample of wheat (Triticum aestivum) were collected from four locations viz. Chitwan, Kaski, Banke and Lalitpur and tested by blotter method at laboratory during 2013 for determining fungal pathogens associated with wheat seeds in Nepal. Eighteen species representing thirteen genera of fungi were recovered from the seed. Alternaria altern...