CONTROL OF GROUNDNUT BLACKHULL AND ITS CAUSAL FUNGUS CHALARA ELEGANS WITH FUNGICIDES

Fungicides wen tested for activity against Chalara elegans, in culture , in artificially infested soil columns and in field experiments. Prop iconazole and etaconazole were the only two fungicides which performed well in all tests, and provided effective control of blackhull of gro undnuts in the field. The most effective treatments in thr field were etaconazole foliar spray and propiconazole granular treatment applied over the plant real at planting, providing respectively 64% and 46% di sease reduction is comparison with the untreated controls.