eprintid: 11478 rev_number: 8 eprint_status: archive userid: 3170 dir: disk0/00/01/14/78 datestamp: 2020-04-10 05:59:54 lastmod: 2020-04-10 05:59:54 status_changed: 2020-04-10 05:59:54 type: conference_item metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Ghosh, R creators_name: Sharma, M creators_gender: Female icrisatcreators_name: Ghosh, R icrisatcreators_name: Sharma, M affiliation: ICRISAT (Patancheru) country: India title: Addressing Phytophthora blight disease: an emerging threat to pigeonpea expansion and production ispublished: pub subjects: s1.2 subjects: s35 divisions: CRPS2 full_text_status: public pres_type: paper keywords: Pigeonpea, Plant Disease abstract: Phytophthora blight (PB) caused by Phytophthora cajani is an emerging disease of pigeonpea affecting the crop irrespective of cultivars, cropping systems and soil types. Limited information is available on the biology, epidemiology and management of PB. We standardized zoospore screening technique for PB and screened many pigeonpea germplasm and breeding lines to identify resistant sources. A total of 16 P. cajani isolates were characterised through culturally, morphologically and at molecular level. In PB resistant screening in pigeonpea, 1 × 105 zoospores/ ml suspension of P. cajani was standardised as optimum. A total of 4000 pigeonpea lines were screened, and through repeated confirmation, only 30 lines were found with resistant/moderately resistant reaction to PB. To develop IDM strategy, six different fungicides were tested in vitro to determine efficacy dosage. Out of six fungicides with different doses, acrobat @ 0.75 µg/ml was found most effective to inhibit mycelial growth of P. cajani. The selected fungicides with specific dosage from in vitro experiments were further validated in the greenhouse on PB moderately resistant (ICPL 99010, ICPL 20135, ICPL 99048) and susceptible (ICP 7119) lines via a combination of seed treatment and soil drench. The results indicated that Ridomil Gold (25 µg/ml), Indofil M 45 (10 µg/ml), Acrobat (0.45 µg/ml) and Curzate M8 (50 µg/ml) were equally effective in minimizing the disease incidence in pigeonpea with seed treatment followed by soil drench applications. date: 2019-11 date_type: published event_title: XIXth International Plant Protection Congress event_location: Hyderabad, India event_dates: 10-14th Nov 2019 event_type: conference refereed: TRUE citation: Ghosh, R and Sharma, M (2019) Addressing Phytophthora blight disease: an emerging threat to pigeonpea expansion and production. In: XIXth International Plant Protection Congress, 10-14th Nov 2019, Hyderabad, India. document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/11478/1/Ghosh%20and%20Sharma%202019.pdf