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Management of southern blight of bell pepper by soil amendment with dry biomass of Datura metel

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Southern blight or collar rot of bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) caused by Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc., is a serious disease that results in significant yield losses annually. A pot experiment was carried out for the management of this disease using dry biomass of Datura metel, a medicinal plant of the family Solanaceae. The soil was amended with 0.5, 1.0, …, 3.0% dry biomass of D. metel with and without the inoculation of S. rolfsii. The highest disease incidence (100%) was recorded in the positive control where the soil was inoculated with S. rolfsii without any soil amendment. The disease was completely controlled by 2% soil amendment. This soil amendment treatment enhanced bell pepper yield by 30% over the negative control (without any inoculation or amendment) and 136% over the positive control. Activities of defense-related enzymes namely polyphenol oxidase (PPO), peroxidase (POX), and phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL) were significantly increased in the positive control. However, the activities of these enzymes were significantly dropped due to the soil amendment with D. metel. This study concluded that the application of 2% dry biomass of D. metel can control collar rot disease resulting in a significant increase in the yield of bell pepper. 

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Abbreviations

ME:

Malt extract

ANOVA:

Analysis of variance

DBD:

Dry biomass of Datura metel

ROS:

Reactive oxygen species

PAL:

Phenylalanine ammonia lyase

PPO:

Polyphenol oxidase

POX:

Peroxidase

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  1. Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore, 54590, Pakistan

    Nadia Jabeen, Arshad Javaid, Amna Shoaib & Iqra Haider Khan

  2. Department of Botany, Minhaj University, Lahore, Pakistan

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Nadia Jabeen conducted the study. Arshad Javaid supervised the work, analyzed the data, and approved the final manuscript. Amna Shoaib did physiological tests and wrote the related portion of the paper. Iqra Haider Khan contributed in the writing of this paper.

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Jabeen, N., Javaid, A., Shoaib, A. et al. Management of southern blight of bell pepper by soil amendment with dry biomass of Datura metel. J Plant Pathol 103, 901–913 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-021-00874-6

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