In vitro bio-efficacy of fungicides and bioagents against dry root rot of safflower

Among the diseases of safflower; dry root rot disease caused by Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi.) Goid is one of the most destructive and wide spread diseases of Safflower (Carthamous tinctorius L.) causing accountable losses of about 25-60 per cent. A total of ten fungicides namely: Captan, Iprodine, Copper Oxychloride, Thiram Mancozeb, Difenconazole, Propiconazole, Cymoxanil8%+Mancozeb 64%, Carbandazim, & Metalaxyl 8% + Mancozeb 64% were evaluated in vitro against Macrophomina phaseolina.