Vol. 11, Special Issue 6 (2022)

Author(s):
Shwetha Desai, PM Gangadharappa, JS Hiremath, Sandhyarani Nishani, Pushpa TN and Vijayakumar Rathod

Abstract:
Damping off or root rot of fenugreek, caused by Rhizoctonia solani has become an important constraint to the growers of fenugreek. An investigation was carried out for two consecutive years during Rabi season of 2019-20 and 2020-21 in the Department of Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops, Kittur Rani Channamma College of Horticulture, Arabhavi, to screen available thirtytwo fenugreek genotypes against damping off under natural field condition. During two consecutive years (2019-20 & 2020-21) and in pooled data, thirteen genotypes were found moderately resistant and moderately susceptible against damping off under natural conditions, respectively. Only one genotype showed susceptible reaction i.e., Sirsi Local. None of the genotypes were found highly susceptible, immune or resistant to the disease.