Abstract

Field trials were conducted at a farmer’s field in Talagang (Chakwal) in 2009 to evaluate the effect of manuring on root rot disease caused by Fusarium solani and agronomic characters of groundnut (Arachis hypogeae L.). The experiment was comprised seven treatments viz. (i) Control (no amendment and no inoculation); (ii) F. solani (FS)-inoculated control; (iii) poultry manure + FS; (iv) farmyard manure + FS; (v) cattle manure + FS; (vi) Brassica campestris straw + FS; (vii) Cicer ariantumstraw + FS. In the Fusarium inoculated control, disease incidence and plant mortality was 85 and 22.2%, respectively whereas, disease incidence and plant mortality were both 0% in non inoculated control. All the manuring treatments managed the disease to variable extent and influenced agronomic characters of groundnut. Poultry manure was the most effective in disease management followed by cattle manure.

Key words: Groundnut, Arachis hypogeae, manuring, Fusarium solani, root rot.