Table 1.
Efficacy of PGPR’s consortium to control damping off and anthracnose in capsicum under field conditions.
| Treatments | Damping Off | Anthracnose | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disease Incidence (%) | Disease Severity (%) | Control Efficacy | Disease Incidence (%) | Disease Severity (%) | Control Efficacy | |
| PM1 | 7.06 ± 0.38 | 8.75 ± 0.24 | 24.83 ± 1.89 | 8.01 ± 0.41 | 9.70 ± 0.26 | 22.75 ± 2.01 |
| PM3 | 2.96 ± 0.21 | 3.47 ± 0.41 | 78.80 ± 0.46 | 2.70 ± 0.23 | 2.41 ± 0.24 | 80.32 ± 1.25 |
| PM4 | 2.86 ± 0.17 | 3.10 ± 0.03 | 79.26 ± 0.38 | 2.79 ± 0.36 | 1.78 ± 0.28 | 82.65 ± 2.46 |
| PM6 | 5.80 ± 0.34 | 6.44 ± 0.21 | 29.60 ± 1.05 | 6.10 ± 0.37 | 7.20 ± 0.22 | 31.29 ± 1.21 |
| PM7 | 3.44 ± 0.31 | 3.96 ± 0.42 | 77.35 ± 2.51 | 3.22 ± 0.20 | 3.90 ± 0.25 | 81.80 ± 3.48 |
| PM9 | 1.81 ± 0.31 | 0.62 ± 0.01 | 94.50 ± 1.08 | 1.75 ± 0.29 | 0.69 ± 0.10 | 95.64 ± 1.07 |
| PM10 | 2.98 ± 0.19 | 3.55 ± 0.37 | 74.56 ± 1.63 | 3.29 ± 0.67 | 3.41 ± 0.29 | 84.40 ± 2.44 |
| LSD | 0.905 | 0.702 | 7.532 | 0.916 | 0.605 | 8.364 |
PM1—Control, PM3—Benomyl, PM4—Captan, PM6—Recommended dose of NPK, PM7—Soil fumigation with MeBr (425 kg/ha broadcast 98:2 MeBr:chloropicrin), PM9—PGPR’s consortium (Bacillus pumilus and Bacillus subtilis), PM10—Soil solarization