S. No Treatments Per cent disease incidence Per cent reduction over control Shoot length (cm) Tuber length (cm) No. of tubers/plant
1 Pf1 (SCD alone) 37.26d (37.62) 41.74 46.65f 26.54d 7.62de
2 Pf1 (SA alone) 26.53b (31.00) 58.74 58.54b 29.96b 8.52c
3 Pf1 (SCD +SA) 24.12b (29.42) 62.50 63.56a 32.86a 10.65a
4 CPF1 (SCD alone) 39.42e (38.89) 21.66 40.26h 25.92cd 6.94e
5 CPF1 (SA alone) 33.23d (35.20) 23.44 50.93e 27.56c 7.02de
6 CPF1 (SCD +SA)) 32.56cd (34.99) 29.16 55.26c 30.92ab 8.82c
7 Pre mixture fungicide (Carbendazim + Mancozeb) (SCD alone) 30.53c (33.54) 52.52 42.26g 27.65c 7.54d
8 Pre mixture fungicide (Carbendazim + Mancozeb) (SA alone) 24.36b (29.58) 62.12 53.65d 27.12c 8.59c
9 Pre mixture fungicide (Carbendazim + Mancozeb) (SCD +SA) 18.56a (22.96) 71.14 58.72b 29.87b 9.56b
10 Inoculated Control 64.31f (53.32) - 35.89i 20.14e 5.54f
  SEd 0.79   0.84 0.94 0.28
  CD (0.05) 1.64   1.76 1.97 0.57
SCD-Stem cuttings dip; SA-Soil application All Values are mean of three replications; Data followed by the same letter in a column are not significantly different from each other according to Duncan’s multiple range test at P=0.05
Table 2: Effects of PGPR on the root rot incidence, growth characters and yield under green house condition.