Table 7 Influence of NPs and bulks used as seed dressing with tubers at their respective MICs on potato brown rot incidence and tuber yields
From: Management of potato brown rot disease using chemically synthesized CuO-NPs and MgO-NPs
Bulks & NPs | Treatment | Tuber number | Tuber weight | Disease index (DI) % | Disease reduction (Efficacy) % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CuSO 4 | Healthy | 11.30e ± 0.061 | 140.70b ± 0.200 | 0.00 g ± 0.000 | 100.00a ± 0.00 |
Treated | 6.60 h ± 0.061 | 70.00 g ± 0.253 | 57.00c ± 0.094 | 43.00e ± 0.229 | |
MgSO 4 | Healthy | 13.70a ± 0.057 | 142.30a ± 0.220 | 0.00 g ± 0.000 | 100.00a ± 0.00 |
Treated | 6.00i ± 0.053 | 76.00f ± 0.237 | 60.50b ± 0.098 | 39.50f ± 0.245 | |
CuO-NPs | Healthy | 12.50c ± 0.037 | 142.30a ± 0.184 | 0.00 g ± 0.000 | 100.00a ± 0.00 |
Treated | 10.30f ± 0.049 | 141.70a ± 0.237 | 28.80f ± 0.065 | 71.20b ± 0.261 | |
MgO-NPs | Healthy | 13.00b ± 0.037 | 138.00c ± 0.310 | 0.00 g ± 0.000 | 100.00a ± 0.00 |
Treated | 11.80d ± 0.037 | 136.30d ± 0.265 | 30.60e ± 0.106 | 69.40c ± 0.163 | |
*Rhizo-N | 9.00 g ± 0.049 | 103.00e ± 0.216 | 44.40d ± 0.102 | 55.60d ± 0.204 | |
Positive control (infected) | 4.00j ± 0.024 | 60.00 h ± 0.384 | 100.00a ± 0.000 | 00.0 g ± 0.00 | |
LSD at 5% | 0.12 | 0.88 | 0.21 | 0.63 | |