Current Horticulture
Open Access
  • Year: 2023
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 1

Evaluation of bio-formulations for management of storage rot of seed tubers of colocasia (Colocasia esculenta)

1Biswanath College of Agriculture, AAU, Biswanath Chariali, Assam, India

2KVK, AAU, Lakhimpur, Assam

*Corresponding author: budha.bora@aau.ac.in

Online published on 10 March, 2023.

Abstract

The seed tubers of Colocasia (Colocasia esculenta L.) collected from different locations were treated with several bio-formulations, viz. Bio for PF-2, Biomonas, Bioveer and Biozin PTB at 5% concentration to evaluate their efficacy in protecting the seed tubers from rotting in storage. Biozin PTB was found to be the most effective with lowest incidence (8.84%) of rot among all bio-formulations. The seed tubers treated with Biozin PTB recorded highest reduction (80.94%) of rot incidence over the control.

Keywords

Bio-formulations, Cormlets, Rot incidence, Seed tubers, Storage rot