High-five

Scientists are rediscovering the value of the unique combination of five products of the cow, especially as pesticide
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Fusarium Oxysporum lycoper
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panchagavya,
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Bovine remedy
Tests to control the Fusarium wilt disease of tomato with various formulations show that panchagavya is the most effective
Treatment Plant diease index (PDI) Mean shoot length (cm) Mean root length (cm) shoot dry weight (grams) Root dry weight (grams) Fruit yield (tonnes hectare) Cost benefit ratio
Uninoculated control - 104 26.2 38.4 2.6 14.1 -
Carbendazim* 34.4 94 23.7 31.4 2.2 0.3 1:4
Neem cake (nc)** 25 95 25.5 35.4 2.6 11.6 1:1.4
MPG-3*** 20.3 97.9 25.3 33.8 2.4 12.3 1:21.3
NC+MPG-3 7.8 105 29.9 38.3 3.1 16.7 1:2.4
Inoculated control 55.7 63.2 16.5 17.5 1.1 7.7 -
NOTE:*-Carbendazim at 0.1 percent; **-neem cake @ 250gm per sq m; PDI was computered by adopting 0/4 scale to cover all the symptomology criteria, giveing weightage proportionate to the degree of symptom contributing towards the yield of tomato
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H Ramachandra Reddy is a retired professor of plant pathology from the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore. Bhaskara Padmodaya is currently working at the Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University, Hyderabad
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