Chemical agents are extensively used in all countries of the world in1960s, for controlling
the agricultural pest and pathogens, it became apparent that agricultural chemicals were …

Crop losses caused by various pathogens, ie, bacteria, fungi, insects, weeds, etc., reduce
agricultural productivity and cause economic loss to the country. Usage of chemical …

Foot rot caused by Phytophthora capsici is a threat for black pepper cultivation. No cultivated
variety is resistant to the disease. Endophytic bacteria were obtained from the roots, stem …

Experiment on in vitro screening of 125 endophytic fungi of black pepper against
Phytophthora capsici indicated that 23 isolates showed more than 50% inhibition. The …

The genus Phytophthora with more than 100 described species and 58 officially recognized,
phylogenetically distributed in ten clades, are important pathogenic oomycete chromists that …

The use of chemical pesticides to kill the insects and pests in agriculture is toxic, costly, and
causes harm to the environment. This is a serious issue and needs attention. The biological …

The present study envisaged to document the endophytic fungal association with black
pepper through a series of in vitro and in planta investigations. Black pepper was found to …

Black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) is one of the major spice crops and plantation crops that
grow as the sole crop or intercrop in Kerala. In nurseries of black pepper major biotic stress …

Management of seedling blight disease in black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) nursery Page 1 ~ 90 ~
International Journal of Plant Pathology and Microbiology 2024; 4(1): 90-97 E-ISSN: 2789-3073 …

The present investigations were conducted in the laboratories and experimental farm of the
Department of Plant Pathology during 2016 and 2017. During the surveys, 25 to 66 per cent …