Paper · 2025 · Journal of Community Mobilization and Sustainable Development

Biorational management of ginger rhizome rot in north-western Himalaya

K.K. Sharma; Daljeet Singh Buttar

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Abstract

Rhizome rot of ginger (Zingiber officinale), an economically important disease is a fungal complex comprising species of Pythium and Fusarium. To manage this disease bio-rationally, field experiment was carried out at the Research farm of the Regional Research Station (Punjab Agricultural University), Ballowal Saunkhri, Punjab for two consecutive years in 2022 and 2023. Hot water, bioagents (Trichoderma harzianum and Pseudomonas fluorescens), a chemical as a standard check were used to treat the seed rhizomes before sowing including an untreated control. Results of two years study revealed that T7 (rhizome treatment in hot water at 51°C for 10 min followed by treatment with Trichoderma harzianum @ 15 g/kg seed) was found most effective in both years to check rhizome rot as least disease incidence (40.0% & 50.0%) as compare to untreated control with highest germination (83.3% & 80.0%) and yield (20.3 t/ha & 18.6 t/ha) was recorded in this treatment. However, the chemical treatment T14 (Ridomil Gold (64% w/w mancozeb + 4% w/w metalaxyl-M) @ 2 g/l water) as a standard chemical check exhibited lowest disease incidence (20.0 %, & 43.3%), highest germination (98.3 % & 93.3 %) and yield (25.3 t/ha 21.1 t/ha).

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Hot water followed by Trichoderma treatment produced the least rhizome rot incidence, 40.0% and 50.0% across two years.

Treatment
rhizome treatment in hot water at 51°C for 10 min followed by treatment with Trichoderma harzianum @ 15 g/kg seede0
Interactor
PythiumPythiume1pathogen
Second interactor
Trichoderma harzianumTrichoderma harzianume0biocontrol_agent
Outcome
disease incidencee0
Direction
leaste0
Value
40.0% & 50.0%e0
Comparator
untreated controle0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zingiber officinale
Zingiber officinale · TaxonGreg III Espera · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist ↗
Pythium
Pythium · Interactor · picture of the genus (one of its species)Doc. RNDr. Josef Reischig, CSc. · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Trichoderma harzianum
Trichoderma harzianum · Second interactorUS Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory, [1] · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“T7 (rhizome treatment in hot water at 51°C for 10 min followed by treatment with Trichoderma harzianum @ 15 g/kg seed) was found most effective in both years to check rhizome rot as least disease incidence (40.0% & 50.0%) as compare to untreated control”

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“ginger”

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“Rhizome rot of ginger (Zingiber officinale), an economically important disease is a fungal complex comprising species of Pythium and Fusarium.”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The hot water and Trichoderma treatment produced the highest germination, 83.3% and 80.0%.

Treatment
rhizome treatment in hot water at 51°C for 10 min followed by treatment with Trichoderma harzianum @ 15 g/kg seede1
Interactor
Trichoderma harzianumTrichoderma harzianume1biocontrol_agent
Outcome
germinatione0
Direction
higheste0
Value
83.3% & 80.0%e0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zingiber officinale
Zingiber officinale · TaxonGreg III Espera · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist ↗
Trichoderma harzianum
Trichoderma harzianum · InteractorUS Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory, [1] · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“highest germination (83.3% & 80.0%) and yield (20.3 t/ha & 18.6 t/ha) was recorded in this treatment”

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“ginger”

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“T7 (rhizome treatment in hot water at 51°C for 10 min followed by treatment with Trichoderma harzianum @ 15 g/kg seed) was found most effective in both years to check rhizome rot as least disease incidence (40.0% & 50.0%) as compare to untreated control”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The hot water and Trichoderma treatment yielded 20.3 and 18.6 t/ha across two years.

Treatment
rhizome treatment in hot water at 51°C for 10 min followed by treatment with Trichoderma harzianum @ 15 g/kg seede1
Interactor
Trichoderma harzianumTrichoderma harzianume1biocontrol_agent
Outcome
yielde0
Value
20.3 t/ha & 18.6 t/hae0

Not reportedComparatorDirection

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zingiber officinale
Zingiber officinale · TaxonGreg III Espera · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist ↗
Trichoderma harzianum
Trichoderma harzianum · InteractorUS Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory, [1] · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

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“highest germination (83.3% & 80.0%) and yield (20.3 t/ha & 18.6 t/ha) was recorded in this treatment”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 861–961 · show in text ↑
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“ginger”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 26–32 · show in text ↑
e1

“T7 (rhizome treatment in hot water at 51°C for 10 min followed by treatment with Trichoderma harzianum @ 15 g/kg seed) was found most effective in both years to check rhizome rot as least disease incidence (40.0% & 50.0%) as compare to untreated control”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The standard chemical check had the lowest rot incidence, 20.0% and 43.3%.

Treatment
Ridomil Gold (64% w/w mancozeb + 4% w/w metalaxyl-M) @ 2 g/l watere0
Outcome
disease incidencee0
Direction
loweste0
Value
20.0 %, & 43.3%e0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zingiber officinale
Zingiber officinale · TaxonGreg III Espera · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist ↗

Verbatim

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“the chemical treatment T14 (Ridomil Gold (64% w/w mancozeb + 4% w/w metalaxyl-M) @ 2 g/l water) as a standard chemical check exhibited lowest disease incidence (20.0 %, & 43.3%)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 972–1149 · show in text ↑
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“ginger”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The standard chemical check gave the highest germination, 98.3% and 93.3%.

Treatment
Ridomil Gold (64% w/w mancozeb + 4% w/w metalaxyl-M) @ 2 g/l watere1
Outcome
germinatione0
Direction
higheste0
Value
98.3 % & 93.3 %e0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zingiber officinale
Zingiber officinale · TaxonGreg III Espera · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist ↗

Verbatim

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“highest germination (98.3 % & 93.3 %) and yield (25.3 t/ha 21.1 t/ha)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1151–1220 · show in text ↑
t0

“ginger”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 26–32 · show in text ↑
e1

“the chemical treatment T14 (Ridomil Gold (64% w/w mancozeb + 4% w/w metalaxyl-M) @ 2 g/l water) as a standard chemical check exhibited lowest disease incidence (20.0 %, & 43.3%)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 972–1149 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The standard chemical check gave yields of 25.3 and 21.1 t/ha.

Treatment
Ridomil Gold (64% w/w mancozeb + 4% w/w metalaxyl-M) @ 2 g/l watere1
Outcome
yielde0
Value
25.3 t/ha 21.1 t/hae0

Not reportedComparatorDirection

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zingiber officinale
Zingiber officinale · TaxonGreg III Espera · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist ↗

Verbatim

e0

“highest germination (98.3 % & 93.3 %) and yield (25.3 t/ha 21.1 t/ha)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1151–1220 · show in text ↑
t0

“ginger”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 26–32 · show in text ↑
e1

“the chemical treatment T14 (Ridomil Gold (64% w/w mancozeb + 4% w/w metalaxyl-M) @ 2 g/l water) as a standard chemical check exhibited lowest disease incidence (20.0 %, & 43.3%)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 972–1149 · show in text ↑

mancozeb · disease · Zingiber officinale (ginger)Positive and negative results

4 papers: 3 positive, 1 negative or no effect

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  3. positive
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mancozeb · growth · Zingiber officinale (ginger)Results agree

2 papers: 2 positive, 0 negative or no effect

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  1. positive
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Trichoderma harzianum · growth · Zingiber officinale (ginger)Results agree

3 papers: 3 positive, 0 negative or no effect

2 papers in the same direction as this paper

  1. positive
  2. positive
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mancozeb · yield · Zingiber officinale (ginger)Results agree

5 papers: 5 positive, 0 negative or no effect

4 papers in the same direction as this paper

  1. positive
  2. positive
  3. positive

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Trichoderma harzianum · yield · Zingiber officinale (ginger)Results agree

5 papers: 5 positive, 0 negative or no effect

4 papers in the same direction as this paper

  1. positive
  2. positive
  3. positive

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heat · growth · Zingiber officinale (ginger)Results agree

2 papers: 2 positive, 0 negative or no effect

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  1. positive
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