Use of agricultural sulfur with carbendazin fungicide to control wilting disease on watermelon in field conditions infection.

Abstract

Field experiment carried out in the fields of the Department of Plant
Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Baghdad, in 2008
agricultural season. The results showed significant difference in the
watermelon varieties, the location variety showed resistance to wilt disease
under field conditions. The crimson variety that treated with Sulfur
82g/plant around the region of root and crown showed lower rate of
infection was 0.00% .All treatment that treated with sulfur showed
significant result fore the three varieties Charleston, Crimson and charley
the incidence was 24.6,8.3% and 0,8.3% and 35,50% for percentage and
intensity of infection respectively compared with control treatments. The
location variety showed negative effect to sulfur treatment. Affected the
treatment of sulfur + Carbendazin 50% (20g/D) fungicide negative effect
in Charleston and local variety in percentage and intensity,