Abstract:In the present study investigates the in vivo management of early blight disease of potato by seed dipping and foliar spray with herbal formulation from Cassia fistula L. fruit pulp extract in combination with neem oil cake and cow dung. The preventive action was studied as a function of decrease in disease severity, change in growth characteristics of host plant such as number of leaves/plant, plant height, number of tubers, tuber weight, and tuber size of healthy, infected and treated plants. Six treatments … Show more
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