The inhibition of the growth of Rhizoctohia solani in vitro by carbendazim was maximal at 20°C and at pH 8. In pot tests using mung bean, maximum protection against ‘damping‐off’, caused by R. solani, was obtained when seeds were treated with carbendazim. at 1 g a. i. kg−1 (as a wettable powder) and sown in river sands of pH 7 and 8, kept at a 20°C. Better disease control was obtained in soils kept moist by frequent watering than in soils under water stress. Disease control was best in sandy soil and least in clay loam. The implications of these results, for the antifungal efficacy of carbendazim under diverse soil conditions, are discussed.
SUMMARY
RH‐124 (4‐n‐butyl‐i,2,4‐triazole) when applied as one or two foliar applications (at the rate of i‐6 1 a.i./ha) or given by watering soil (at the rate of 0–8 1 a.i./ha) controlled brown leaf rust (Puccinia recondita) of wheat in microplot experiments. In north India where the rust appears 80–90 days before harvest, one foliar or soil application was sufficient to mitigate loss in yield. Seed treatment was not found useful when tested in one trial.
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