Publications by authors named "Mukesh Sehgal"
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- Phytophthora infestans is a serious pathogen causing late blight disease in potatoes, impacting them throughout their growth stages and spreading quickly.
- Field experiments in the 2020-21 and 2021-22 winter seasons tested the effectiveness of novel fungicides, showing that certain treatments resulted in the lowest disease incidence and highest tuber yields.
- The study found that late blight is positively correlated with temperature, humidity, and sunlight, and the use of specific fungicides significantly reduced disease severity and increased profitability compared to untreated controls.
Integrated pest management (IPM) is a comprehensive approach to managing diseases, focusing on combining various strategies to reduce pathogen populations effectively and in an environmentally conscious way. We investigated the effects of IPM on beneficial microbial populations and its relationship with pathogen populations in both direct-seeded rice (DSR) and transplanted rice (TR) systems. This study demonstrates that IPM practices have significantly higher populations of beneficial microbes, such as and , and lower level of the pathogen compared to non-IPM (farmer practices).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSitapur district in the Uttar Pradesh (U.P.) state of northern India has been observed to consume large amounts of WHO classified "extremely" and "highly hazardous" pesticides, in rice crop, posing significant health and environmental threats.
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