%0 Journal Article %T Diseases of ginger and their control with Trichoderma harzianum %A P.P. RAJAN %A S.R. GUPTA %A Y.R. SARMA and G.V.H. JACKSON %J Indian Phytopathology %D 2012 %I %X Ginger (Zingiber officina/e Rosc.), is the second most important cash crop of Sikkim. Diseases are important production constraints and often associated with Ralstonia (Pseudomonas) solanacearum, Pythium spp., Fusarium oxysporum and Praty/enchus coffeae. Pathogenicity experiments conducted, showed the involvement of Pythium sp (soft rot), Fusarium oxysporum (dry rot) and R.solanacearum (wilt) and also noticed that, Praty/enchus coffeae increased the severity of infection along with F.oxysporum. From the indirect %K Pythium sp. %K Fusarium oxysporum %K Ralstonia solanacearum %K fungicides %K nematicide %K Trichoderma harzianum %U http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IPPJ/article/view/18691