Production of Bio Fortified Vermicompost and its Efficacy Against Onion Basal Rot Disease Caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cepae
Kandiah Pakeerathan*, Konesalingam Jeyavithuyan, Aruchchunan Nirosha and Gunasingham Mikunthan
Department of Agricultural Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna, 44000, Ariviyal Nagar, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka.
*Correspondence | Kandiah Pakeerathan, Department of Agricultural Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna, 44000, Ariviyal Nagar, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka; Email: pakeerathank@univ.jfn.ac.lk
Figure 1:
Organic matter content and organic carbon percentage of formulated bio-fortified compost.
Figure 2:
Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium percentage of formulated bio-fortified compost.
Figure 3:
Substrate effect on growth parameters of onion.
Figure 4:
Correlation between mean onion yield with C/N ratio of the produced compost.
Figure 5:
Correlation between mean onion yield loss versus Fusarium wilt disease severity.