Management of Fruit Rot of Brinjal Caused by Phomopsis vexans

Abstract

Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) belongs to family Solanaceae. It is the most important vegetable in India (Sekara et al., 2007) and described as "king of vegetables" due to its wide usage in Indian foods (Choudhary and Gaur, 2009;Singh et al., 2014). Area, production and productivity of brinjal have increased over the years, although increment in productivity remained relatively less over the years (Anon, 2015 and NHB, 2017). Globally, India stands 2 nd in brinjal production; and in India, brinjal constitutes 8.1 per cent of vegetable production (Anon, 2012; Anon, 2013; Anon, 2015). Presently, brinjal ranks 4 th important vegetable crop in India after potato, onion and tomato. Brinjal is cultivated in an area of 0.72 million ha with a production of 12.32 million tones and productivity of 16.95 t ha -1 during the year 2016-17 (NHB, 2017). Although, the productivity of brinjal in India has increased, it is far less than the productivity in a few other countries viz., China, Japan, Turkey, Egypt and Italy (Anon, 2012). Such lower production could be attributed to several environmental, edaphic and plant factors. Among the various production constraints in brinjal, diseases are the prominent factor in

Potential biocontrol agents involved in induction of defense related enzymes in brinjal (solanum melongena l.) Against phomopsis blight caused by phomopsis vexans

“…Alternative, environmentally friendly methods are needed to control pests and diseases. Even though a lot of plant extracts are quite effective in controlling P. vexans, these can be modified based on what plant material is readily available in large quantities (Reddy et al, 2018). Biological management strategies have emerged as potential alternatives to chemical applications for crop disease prevention.…”