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Sugarcane plant hopper (Pyrilla perpusilla Walker) is a most destructive sucking pest of sugarcane in Chhattisgarh and it's appearing sporadically on sugarcane though out the sugarcane growing areas of this state. It is responsible for low cane yield and low sugar recovery and causes quantitative and qualitative losses in sugarcane and sugar production. In the recent years, it's appeared in severe form and become a major problem of sugarcane in this region due to heavy infestation on sugarcane. Therefore, present investigation was carried on management of sugarcane Pyrilla (Pyrilla perpusilla) with Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae. Results indicated that the most effective treatment was Metarhizium anisopliae Kawardha isolate @ 25% which showed highest mortality in adults and nymphs population at 15 days after 1 st spray, 15 days after 2 nd spray followed by M. anisopliae Bilaspur isolate @ 25% during 2015-16 and 2016-17. In case of nymphs mortality, M. anisopliae Kawardha isolate @ 25% which showed higher mortality in nymph at 15 days after 1 st spray, 15, 30, 45 days after 2 nd spray, respectively during both the year followed by M. anisopliae Kawardha isolate @ 15%, M. anisopliae Bilaspur isolate @ 25% and M. anisopliae Bilaspur isolate @ 15%. It's indicated that higher concentration of Metarhizium anisopliae was found significantly superior over lower concentration against adult and nymph of Pyrilla population in sugarcane. However, both the isolates of Beauveria bassiana were not found much effective against the adults and nymphs population of Pyrilla during both the years.

The variability is a well-known phenomenon in genus Alternaria solani and may be noticed as changes in etiology, growth and sporulation and pathogenicity. Therefore, present investigation was carried out on ‘morphological and pathogenic variability of Alternaria solani causing early blight in Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) in Chhattisgarh (India)’. Seven isolates of Alternaria solani were collected from different district of Chhattisgarh and studied on morphological and pathogenic variations among the isolates of Alternaria solani. Longest conidia with beak (39.17–74.35µm) were observed in isolate AS-6, while smallest conidia (28.12–58.35µm) were recorded in isolate AS-3. However, width of conidia was maximum (8.82–24.23µm) in isolate AS-3 and thin conidia (8.13 – 19.48µm width) in isolate AS-7. Maximum beak length (7.64–14.78µm) was observed in isolate AS-4 and minimum beak length was recorded in isolate AS-3 (4.18–7.62µm).  Highest vertical septa 2–11 was recorded in isolate AS-7 followed by AS-2. Whereas, maximum horizontal septa were recorded in isolate AS-6 followed by isolate AS-3 and AS-4.  Pathogenic variability test was performed to analyze the virulence of different isolates of Alternaria solani on Pusa Ruby variety of tomato under pot culture. Most virulent isolate was found AS-6 which exhibited maximum PDI (88.89%) and AUDPC (2302.22) followed by AS-5 and AS-7, while AS-1 was found least virulent which showed minimum PDI (40.00%) and AUDPC (995.56).