An Eco-friendly Approach for the Management of Fusarial Wilt [Fusarium pallidoroseum (Cooke) Sacc.] of Chilli

Among the single treatments tested under in vivo addition of well decomposed FYM 20 tons per hectare as soil amendment recorded minimum wilt incidence of 3.75, 24.76 and 48.25 % at flowering, fruit formation and ripening stages of chilli crop, respectively, with 61.31 q ha fruit yield as compared to check (42.50 q ha). Dual application of Trichoderma viride 0.16 t ha + FYM 20 t ha recorded minimum wilt incidence of 3.10, 22.16 and 40.20 % at above respectively stages with 62.75 q ha fruit yield as compared to check. Combined application of delayed irrigation + FYM + T. viride recorded significantly least wilt incidence of 2.95, 20.39 and 30.75 % at flowering, fruit formation and ripening stages, respectively, with 64.50 q ha increase in fruit yield as compared to check. The application of all treatments and their combinations also resulted in overall improvement of fruit number and yield of crop.