Efficacy of Different Fungicides Against Brown Rust of Wheat in Pakistan Punjab Province
Atta ul Rehman *
Department of Plant Pathology, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Muhammad Ali Hassaan
Department of Plant Pathology, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Muhammad Nawaz
Department of Plant Pathology, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Muhammad Taimoor Aslam
Department of Plant Pathology, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Jawad Ahmed
Department of Plant Pathology, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Zain ul Abideen
Department of Plant Pathology, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is one of the major crop grown in about all part of the world. In Pakistan wheat is one of the major cash crop. In Pakistan Punjab province is the major producer of high quality wheat crop. Wheat are attacked by many different pathogen including Bacterial , Viral and fungal pathogens and they cause a great losses in yield and quality of wheat . Specially the Brown rust which caused by Puccinia triticina is one of the major disease attacking wheat crop in open field. The aim and objective of this study is to determined the efficacy of different fungicide which are mostly used in Pakistan and study which fungicide is most efficient against brown rust of wheat. This experiment was conducted at Plant Pathology Research Institute, Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faislabad, Pakistan . Experiment was laid out in RCBD in 3Replication . And the wheat variety which is used for this study is Akbar-19. Which is the most popular and widely growing variety in Punjab Pakistan . The commonly available and widely used Fungicide I.e Tilt, Amistar top, Belanty, Epic are used in this experiment to check which one is more efficient. Tilt fungicide shows great result against brown rust.
Keywords: Triticum aestivum L, brown rust, pest and diseases, efficacy of fungicide, wheat, pyraclostrobin