EVALUATION OF BOTANICAL EXTRACTS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF BRANCH CANKER DISEASE (MACROPHOMA Sp) IN TEA
Author
J. MAREESWARAN
Plant Pathology Division, UPASI Tea Research Institute, Valparai-642127.
Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu, India E-mail: jmareeswaran11@gmail.com
Abstract
Branch canker is a stem disease of tea caused by Macrophoma theicola. The antifungal activity of aqueous extract of Acrous calamus was found to fully inhibit growth of Macrophoma sp. at 10 percent concentration. While the plant extracts of Curcuma longa and Hibiscus rosasinensis showed
