In-Vivo Management of Spot Blotch (Bipolaris sorokiniana) of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), using Bio-Agent and Fungicides

Abstract

In India, wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) considered as the most important cereal crop after rice, grown on about an area of (30.90 million hectare), production of (97.44 million tons), and productivity of 3172.24 kg ha -1 and covering 12 percent of world production (DES, MoA & FW, India, 2016-2017). It is also recognized as a world’s major cereal crop and staple food of many regions which grown under both irrigated and rainfed conditions. The crop belongs to family Poaceae or Graminiae (Yadawad et al., 2015), at present, three species, namely T. aestivum L. (Bread wheat), T. durum Desf. (Macroni or Durum wheat) and T. dicoccum Schrank. (Emmer wheat), are commonly cultivated. However, the crop has been affected by a number of devastating diseases caused by many fungi, International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 10 Number 01 (2021) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com