Paper · 2026 · Plant Science Today

Integrated disease management (IDM) for effective control of Phomopsis vexans causing blight and fruit rot in Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) in Odisha

Priyadarshini Elora; Ranjan Sahoo Bidwan; Kumar Ramesh; et al.

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Abstract

Phomopsis blight and fruit rot are major constraint to brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) cultivation, often causing substantial reductions in yield and market quality in Odisha. This two-year study evaluated integrated disease management (IDM) strategies combining cultural, biological and chemical components against Phomopsis vexans under both in vitro and field conditions. Treatments differed significantly in disease incidence, severity and yield. The most effective IDM treatment recorded the lowest disease incidence included Carbendazim at 2 g per kg of seed, seedling root dip with Pseudomonas fluorescens (2 × 10⁸ cfu/g) @ 10 g/L water, foliar spray of Propiconazole 25 % EC @ 0.15 % at the vegetative stage (45 DAT) and Hexaconazole 5 % SC @ 0.1 % at the fruiting stage (75 DAT) resulted in the lowest disease incidence (8.74 %) and the highest fruit yield (377 q/ha). A comparable treatment comprising Carbendazim seed treatment, soil application of P. fluorescens (15 kg/ha) with vermicompost, turmeric extract (10 %) at the vegetative stage and Hexaconazole (0.1 %) at fruiting reduced disease incidence to 12.96 % and produced 362 q/ha. Overall, the findings underscore the integrated treatments were significantly more effective than those involving individual components and the untreated control. The findings underscore the effectiveness of IDM strategies for sustainable management of Phomopsis fruit rot in brinjal under Odisha’s agro-climatic conditions.

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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The most effective IDM treatment gave the lowest Phomopsis disease incidence, 8.74%.

Treatment
The most effective IDM treatmente2
Interactor
Phomopsis vexansDiaporthe vexanse1pathogen
Outcome
disease incidencee4
Direction
loweste4
Value
8.74 %e4

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Solanum melongena
Solanum melongena · TaxonBeraDigle · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Phomopsis blight and fruit rot are major constraint to brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) cultivation”

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“This two-year study evaluated integrated disease management (IDM) strategies combining cultural, biological and chemical components against Phomopsis vexans under both in vitro and field conditions”

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“The most effective IDM treatment recorded the lowest disease incidence”

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“resulted in the lowest disease incidence (8.74 %) and the highest fruit yield (377 q/ha)”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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The most effective IDM treatment gave the highest brinjal fruit yield, 377 q/ha.

Treatment
The most effective IDM treatmente2
Outcome
fruit yielde4
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higheste4
Value
377 q/hae4

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Solanum melongena
Solanum melongena · TaxonBeraDigle · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Phomopsis blight and fruit rot are major constraint to brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) cultivation”

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“The most effective IDM treatment recorded the lowest disease incidence”

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“resulted in the lowest disease incidence (8.74 %) and the highest fruit yield (377 q/ha)”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

A comparable IDM treatment reduced Phomopsis disease incidence to 12.96%.

Treatment
Carbendazim seed treatment, soil application of P. fluorescens (15 kg/ha) with vermicompost, turmeric extract (10 %) at the vegetative stage and Hexaconazole (0.1 %) at fruitinge6
Interactor
Phomopsis vexansDiaporthe vexanse1pathogen
Outcome
disease incidencee6
Direction
reducede6
Value
12.96 %e6

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Solanum melongena
Solanum melongena · TaxonBeraDigle · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Phomopsis blight and fruit rot are major constraint to brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) cultivation”

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“This two-year study evaluated integrated disease management (IDM) strategies combining cultural, biological and chemical components against Phomopsis vexans under both in vitro and field conditions”

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“A comparable treatment comprising Carbendazim seed treatment, soil application of P. fluorescens (15 kg/ha) with vermicompost, turmeric extract (10 %) at the vegetative stage and Hexaconazole (0.1 %) at fruiting reduced disease incidence to 12.96 % and produced 362 q/ha”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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The comparable IDM treatment produced 362 q/ha of brinjal fruit.

Treatment
Carbendazim seed treatment, soil application of P. fluorescens (15 kg/ha) with vermicompost, turmeric extract (10 %) at the vegetative stage and Hexaconazole (0.1 %) at fruitinge6
Outcome
fruit yielde4
Direction
producede6
Value
362 q/hae6

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Solanum melongena
Solanum melongena · TaxonBeraDigle · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Phomopsis blight and fruit rot are major constraint to brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) cultivation”

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“resulted in the lowest disease incidence (8.74 %) and the highest fruit yield (377 q/ha)”

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“A comparable treatment comprising Carbendazim seed treatment, soil application of P. fluorescens (15 kg/ha) with vermicompost, turmeric extract (10 %) at the vegetative stage and Hexaconazole (0.1 %) at fruiting reduced disease incidence to 12.96 % and produced 362 q/ha”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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Integrated treatments were significantly more effective than individual components and the untreated control.

Treatment
integrated treatmentse3
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effectivee3
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more effectivee3
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those involving individual components and the untreated controle3

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Solanum melongena
Solanum melongena · TaxonBeraDigle · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Phomopsis blight and fruit rot are major constraint to brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) cultivation”

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“the integrated treatments were significantly more effective than those involving individual components and the untreated control”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultsignificant (as stated)measured

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Treatments differed significantly in disease incidence, severity and yield.

Treatment
Treatmentse5
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disease incidence, severity and yielde5

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum melongena
Solanum melongena · TaxonBeraDigle · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Phomopsis blight and fruit rot are major constraint to brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) cultivation”

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“Treatments differed significantly in disease incidence, severity and yield”

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carbendazim · Diaporthe vexans · Solanum melongena (eggplant)Results agree

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carbendazim · yield · Solanum melongena (eggplant)Results agree

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botanical · yield · Solanum melongena (eggplant)Positive and negative results

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fertilization · yield · Solanum melongena (eggplant)Positive and negative results

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botanical · Diaporthe vexans · Solanum melongena (eggplant)Results agree

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seed treatment · yield · Solanum melongena (eggplant)Results agree

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phosphorus · yield · Solanum melongena (eggplant)Results agree

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