Evaluation of fungicides and bio-control agents against foliar and soil borne diseases of melia dubia

Malabar neem (Melia dubia), which is locally known as “Malaivembu”. The tree is found in forest plantations in India and is a fast growing tree crop with up to 20 m height. It produces greater bio-mass in relatively shorter period. The present study was carried out to evaluate commercially available fungicides and biofungicides in-vitro, for their efficacy against foliar and soil borne pathogens. Firstly five promising fungicides and four biocontrol agents were evaluated against fungal pathogens under laboratory conditions.