Abstract
Various fungal and phytoplasma diseases are adversely impacting coconut yield. Among them, leaf blight, primarily attributed to Lasiodiplodia theobromae, has emerged as a significant contributor to yield losses ranging between 10 to 25 percent. This study aimed to assess the efficacy of novel fungicide formulations in mitigating leaf blight in coconut palms. An experimental plot, organized using a Randomized Block Design, was established, consisting of five distinct treatments, each replicated four times. The findings reveal that systemic fungicides, specifically propiconazole and tebuconazole, exhibited notable efficacy in curtailing leaf blight when applied at concentrations of 250 ppm and 1000 ppm, respectively. The effective fungicide concentrations are considerably lower than other fungicides tested in the field trials. The results revealed that sequential root feeding of propiconazole 25.9% EC @ 5% (100ml/palm) and tebuconazole 25.9% EC @ 5% (100ml/palm) at three months interval reduced the leaf blight incidence (5.66 % reduction) over control compared to root feeding of same fungicides continuously at quartely interval (3.02 %) with in six months on currently it boosted the nut yield to 135 nuts per palm per annum, compared to the 99 nuts per palm per annum recorded in the control palms.
Abstract from the paper’s OpenAlex record; open copy licensed cc-by. Read at the source ↗
The text the model read, with the source record’s inline markup (italics, sub- and superscripts) rendered and its character entities decoded; quote offsets refer to the raw text.
Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Propiconazole at 250 ppm curtailed coconut leaf blight.
- Taxon
- coconutt0
- Treatment
- propiconazolee0
- Interactor
- Lasiodiplodia theobromae
_Lasiodiplodia_theobromae_sporulating_in_fruit_lesion.jpg?width=60)
Lasiodiplodia theobromaee1pathogen - Outcome
- leaf blighte0
- Direction
- curtailinge0
- Value
- 250 ppme0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
_Lasiodiplodia_theobromae_sporulating_in_fruit_lesion.jpg?width=500)
Verbatim
e0“systemic fungicides, specifically propiconazole and tebuconazole, exhibited notable efficacy in curtailing leaf blight when applied at concentrations of 250 ppm and 1000 ppm, respectively.”
t0“Field evaluation of fungicides for management of Lasiodiplodia leaf blight of coconut”
e1“leaf blight, primarily attributed to Lasiodiplodia theobromae”
Claim · model-written summary
Tebuconazole at 1000 ppm curtailed coconut leaf blight.
- Taxon
- coconutt0
- Treatment
- tebuconazolee0
- Interactor
- Lasiodiplodia theobromaeLasiodiplodia theobromaee1pathogen
- Outcome
- leaf blighte0
- Direction
- curtailinge0
- Value
- 1000 ppme0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“systemic fungicides, specifically propiconazole and tebuconazole, exhibited notable efficacy in curtailing leaf blight when applied at concentrations of 250 ppm and 1000 ppm, respectively.”
t0“Field evaluation of fungicides for management of Lasiodiplodia leaf blight of coconut”
e1“leaf blight, primarily attributed to Lasiodiplodia theobromae”
Claim · model-written summary
Effective concentrations of these systemic fungicides were lower than those of other field-tested fungicides.
Verbatim
e0“The effective fungicide concentrations are considerably lower than other fungicides tested in the field trials.”
t0“Field evaluation of fungicides for management of Lasiodiplodia leaf blight of coconut”
Claim · model-written summary
Sequential root feeding reduced leaf blight incidence by 5.66% over control, versus 3.02% for continuous feeding.
- Taxon
- coconutt0
- Treatment
- sequential root feeding of propiconazole 25.9% EC @ 5% (100ml/palm) and tebuconazole 25.9% EC @ 5% (100ml/palm) at three months intervale0
- Interactor
- Lasiodiplodia theobromaeLasiodiplodia theobromaee1pathogen
- Outcome
- leaf blight incidencee0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 5.66 %e0
- Qualifier
- 3.02 %e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“sequential root feeding of propiconazole 25.9% EC @ 5% (100ml/palm) and tebuconazole 25.9% EC @ 5% (100ml/palm) at three months interval reduced the leaf blight incidence (5.66 % reduction) over control compared to root feeding of same fungicides continuously at quartely interval (3.02 %)”
t0“Field evaluation of fungicides for management of Lasiodiplodia leaf blight of coconut”
e1“leaf blight, primarily attributed to Lasiodiplodia theobromae”
Claim · model-written summary
Sequential feeding increased annual nut yield to 135 nuts per palm, versus 99 in controls.
Verbatim
e0“it boosted the nut yield to 135 nuts per palm per annum, compared to the 99 nuts per palm per annum recorded in the control palms.”
t0“Field evaluation of fungicides for management of Lasiodiplodia leaf blight of coconut”
e1“sequential root feeding of propiconazole 25.9% EC @ 5% (100ml/palm) and tebuconazole 25.9% EC @ 5% (100ml/palm)”
The same questions in other papers
infection · yield · Cocos nucifera (coconut palm)Results agree
3 papers in the same direction as this paper
- positive
- positive
- positive
Claims are grouped by organism, treatment and what was measured or targeted. A paper counts as positive when any of its claims in the group is positive.