Management of pearl millet blast through fungicides and biocontrol agents

The in vivo experiment was conducted at Agricultural Research Station, Vizianagaram against pearl millet blast revealed that all the treatments showed significant reduction in blast disease incidence in pearl millet. Among all the treatments T3i.e., foliar application of Pseudomonas fluorescens at 20 DAS and Trifloxystrob in + Tebuconazole at 35 DAS was found effective with least disease intensity of blast (14.1%), highest grain (26.0 q/ha) and fodder yield (60.9 q/ha). While the highest disease intensity (94.8) was noticed in the treatment T6i.e., control with lowest grain (9.3 q/ha) and fodder yiled (26.3 q/ha). The highest cost benefit ratio (2.5) was obtained in treatment T3.