EFFECT OF SEED-TREATMENT OF ORIENTAL HERBAL NUTRIENT (OHN)AGAINST DAMPING-OFF (Pythium spp.) OF PECHAY

This study was conducted at the College of Agriculture laboratory of MSU-GSC from June to July 2017,to evaluate the antifungal 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 T1-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 （Brassica rapa L.). The optimum level of OHN application was 0.5 percent (T2). It was found more effective in suppressing damping-off of pechay.