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Rekha Kumawat1 , J.R. Verma2, Rakesh Kumar3 and B.L. Kumhar4
1Department of Plant Pathology (Dr BRC ARS, Mandor), Agriculture University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
2Department of Plant Pathology (CoA, Jodhpur), Agriculture University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
3Department of Entomology (CoA, Nagaur), Agriculture University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
4Department of Agronomy (Dr BRC ARS, Mandor), Agriculture University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Article Number: 10649 | © The Author(s). 2026
J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2026;20(1):503-510. https://doi.org/10.22207/JPAM.20.1.36
Received: 31 May 2025 | Accepted: 30 October 2025 | Published online: 27 February 2026
Issue online: March 2026
Abstract

Cercospora leaf spot, a fungal disease caused by Cercospora canescens Ellis and Martin, that occurs frequently and is a more prevalent and destructive disease, causes huge losses to crop production in Mothbean (Vigna aconitifolia) growing region. The experiments were conducted to investigate the bio-efficacy of fungicides against cercospora leaf spot disease of mothbean during Kharif, 2020 and 2021. Collective findings of the two subsequent years (2020 & 2021) of investigation indicated that the minimum percent disease intensity (7.6%) of cercospora leaf spot caused by C. canescens Ellis and Martin, was recorded in two foliar sprays with pyraclostrobin 133 g/l + epoxiconazole 50 g/l SE @ 1.5 ml/l along with maximum seed yield (438 kg/ha), Rs. 10459 net return, and a 1.76 benefit-cost ratio. To a great extent, difenoconazole 25% EC @ 0.5 ml/l also reduced the disease menace and was found to be the second-best-performing fungicide against the targeted disease in mothbean. The findings indicated that after the 10th day of the second spray, 9.4 percent disease intensity and 414 kg/h seed yield with Rs. 9407 net return and a 1.69 benefit-cost ratio were recorded in the difenoconazole 25% EC @ 0.5 ml/l treatment. Absorbingly, the maximum cercospora leaf spot (31.0%) was recorded in the control along with minimum (260 kg/h) seed yield, Rs. 2930 net return, and 1.25 benefit- cost ratio. Therefore, the application of pyraclostrobin 133 g/l + epoxiconazole 50 g/l SE @ 1.5 ml/l is most feasible treatment for the management of cercospora leaf spot (C. canescens) perils in mothbean crop.

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Mothbean, Cercospora Leaf Spot, Cercospora canescens, Fungicides

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