The preventive control of white root rot disease in small holder plantation using botanical, biological, and chemical agents.

Abstract

The preventive control of white root rot disease in small holder plantation using botanical, biological, and chemical agents. A field and laboratory experiment were conducted from June 2008 to December 2009 in Panumangan, Tulang Bawang-Lampung. The field experiment was intended to evaluate the effect of botanical plants (Alpinia galanga, Sansiviera auranthii, and Marantha arundinacea), biological agents (organic matter and Trichoderma spp.), and chemical agents (lime and natural sulphur) on the incidence of white root rot disease and population of some soil microbes. The laboratory experiment isease. In the field experiment, the r. The variables examined were the ulture of R. microporus was grown xamined was colony diameter of R. anting of the botanical agents, and e root rot disease. The effectiveness tory experiment showed only root icroporus.