Influence of fungicides on post emergence of damping-off in tobacco (Nicotianatobacum L.) nursery

Present investigations were carried out to test aset of four fungicides i.e. Ridomil-G, Dithane M-45, Daconil 75 WP and Acrobat MZ and their different rates were tested for the control of post emergence damping off disease on tobacco seedlings by pre-sowing application of these fungicide sat the Tobacco Research Station, Khanghari, Mardan during the year 2013-14. Two varieties of tobacco i.e. Speight G-28 and TM 2008 were used for this study. All fungicide and their rates were proved effective in the controlling of the disease as compared to the control treatments, while the least significant difference was P ≤0.05.In Speight G-28 variety, Ridomil-G was found effective in the control of post-emergence damping off disease both at10 mL and 5 mL concentration, while Dithane M-45 was effective at 15 mL concentration, Daconil was found to be effective at 10 mL concentration and Acrobat MZ was effective at 5 mL concentration. In TM-2008 variety, Dithane M-45 was effective at 15 mL concentration, Ridomil-G at 5 Ml concentration while, Acrobat-MZ and Daconil fungicides were effective at 10 mL concentration.