Author (s): M. M. Uddin1, N. Akhtar2, M. T. Islam3 and A. N. Faruq3*
*Corresponding author, E-mail: nomanfarook@yahoo.com
*Corresponding author, E-mail: nomanfarook@yahoo.com
Abstract
Soil application with poultry waste, cocodust, vermicompost, ash, sawdust, khudepana, cowdung, solarized sand, Trichoderma harzianum and or seed treatment with Trichoderma harzianum were evaluated at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka during 2008-2009 on damping-off, seed germination and growth characters of cabbage and cauliflower seedlings. Results showed that all the treatments significantly reduced percent damping-off of cabbage and cauliflower over untreated control. In the seed bed, seed + soil treatment with Trichoderma harzianum performed better in terms of seed germination, percent damping-off and growth characters than only soil application with Trichoderma harzianum. It was also found that, Trichoderma harzianum treated seeds sown in different amended soil showed higher values in all parameters than seeds sown only on amended soil. Among the different soil amendments, poultry waste and vermicompost had promising effect on seed germination, percent damping-off and seedling growth characters of cabbage and cauliflower seedlings.
Key words: Trichoderma harzianum, Soil amendment, Damping-off, Cabbage and Cauliflower
J. Expt. Biosci. 2(1): January 2011
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Key words: Trichoderma harzianum, Soil amendment, Damping-off, Cabbage and Cauliflower
J. Expt. Biosci. 2(1): January 2011
Full pdf: PDF
