Biointensive Integrated Management of Soil Borne Diseases of Safflower

Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is an oilseed crop that is valued as a source of high quality edible oil. The present study was carried out with a objective to evaluate the efficacy of basal application of bio agents and or its seed treatment for the control of soil borne diseases of safflower and find out the best low input treatment to manage soil borne diseases of safflower. The application of bio agents as basal dose and seed treatments with different bioagents and chemicals were used in this study. The basal application of T. harzianum Th4d 1.5% WP, seed treatment with penflufen 13.28%+ trifloxystrobin 13.28% FS @1ml/kg and biopolymer based Trichoderma harzianum @10ml/kg seed was found most effective for management of seedling blight, Fusarium wilt and Macrophomina root rot diseases of safflower.