EFFECT OF SEED TREATMENT OF ORIENTAL HERBAL NUTRIENT (OHN) AGAINST DAMPING OFF OF PECHAY

This study was conducted at the College of Agriculture laboratory of MSU-GSC from June to July 2017, to evaluate the antifungai effect of Oriental Herbal Nutrient (OHN) against damping-off of pechay as seed treatment. A Completely Randomized Design (CRD) was used in this study. There were four treatment as follows Ti-control (no application), T2-0.5%, T3-1%, and T4-3%, of Oriental Herbal Nutrient. The treatments were replicated five times . The results showed that the application of different concentration of Oriental Herbal Nutrient were able to restrain the infection caused by Pythium spp. (Damping-off) of pechay (Brassic rapa L.). The optimum level of OHN application was 0.5 percent (T2). It was found more effective in surpressing damping-off of pechay.