Integrated management of fusarium wilt of gladiolus through, bioagents, organic amendment and fungicides.

The study was conducted for two consecutive years in 2004–05 to evaluate the effect of soil solarization alone and in combination with bioagents, organic amendments and fungicides. Solarization of the plots increased the soil temperature to 12–13 0 C higher as compared to the unsolarized plots. The incidence of wilt as well as the population of the test pathogen (Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. gladioli) was reduced to zero level in the solarized plots amended with carbendazim and carbendazim+Iprodione, respectively. The pathogen population was completely erased at 20 cm soil depth after 40 days of solarization. Integration of chemicals and solarization or neem cake+ solarization had a positive effect the plant growth. Lowest disease incidence was recorded in the solarized plots where the corns were dipped in carbendazim+Iprodione and after sowing given two drenching of the same fungicide.