“…It produces sclerotia which overwinter in the soil and can survive for long periods on plant debris causing diseases in the following season (Gandhi et al, 2017). Thus, the complete eradication of this devastating pathogen is very critical (Atri and Kaur, 2021). Different integrated management strategies such as cultural and biological control have been investigated before including chemical practices (Ali et al, 2020;Khan et al, 2020).…”