Ridge gourd [Luffa acutangula (Roxb.) L.] is an important vegetable crop and it is grown in different parts of India. The field trials were conducted during rainy season of 2018 and 2019 to test efficacy of botanicals and inorganic salts against management of mosaic disease in ridge gourd. In this study, naturally infected leaf samples exhibiting characteristic mosaic disease symptoms were collected during experiments. | 2020 9 7 1300-1304 International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN 2319-7706 Volume 9 Number 7 2020 Journal homepage http Original Research Article https Field Efficacy of Botanicals and Inorganic Salts against Mosaic Disease on Ridge Gourd in Western Rajasthan S. K. Maheshwari B. R. Choudhary P. L. Saroj and B. D. Sharma ICAR- Central Institute for Arid Horticulture Bikaner- 334 006 Rajasthan India Corresponding author ABSTRACT Ridge gourd Luffa acutangula Roxb. L. is an important vegetable crop and it is grown in different parts of India. The field trials were conducted Keywords during rainy season of 2018 and 2019 to test efficacy of botanicals and inorganic salts against management of mosaic disease in ridge gourd. In Botanicals this study naturally infected leaf samples exhibiting characteristic mosaic inorganic salts Efficacy Mosaic disease symptoms were collected during experiments. Among 11 disease Ridge treatments imidacloprid @ was found the most efficient treatment gourd against mosaic disease with minimum per cent disease index and Article Info per cent disease reduction . Next best treatment was neem leaf extract @ 10 with per cent disease index of and per cent Accepted 11 June 2020 disease reduction of followed by tumba fruit extract @ 10 Available Online PDI and disease reduction . Least effective treatment was 10 July 2020 borex 500 ppm with PDI of followed by salicylic acid 500 ppm with PDI of against mosaic disease on ridge gourd in pooled data. Introduction point of view. The fruits are very nutritious and good source of calcium phosphorus Ridge gourd Luffa acutangula Roxb. L. ascorbic acid iron and fibre content commonly known as kalitori angled gourd Aykroyd 1963 . It is grown in different parts angled loofah or ribbed gourd is an important of India central and eastern Asia to south .
