| dc.description.abstract | Potatoes are an annual and the most cultivated tuberous crop worldwide. Potatoes play
an important role to fulfil the world’s basic food requirements because of enriched
nutrients and delicious taste. Rhizoctonia solani is the most virulent and widely
distributed soil-borne fungus that causes severe yield losses of potatoes globally.
Several management practices have been adopted to overcome the yield losses inflicted
by this fungus. Biocontrol agents play a significant role as mycoparasites and activate
defense mechanisms through disease resistance genes to suppress pathogens. Compost
is also applied as a soil amendment that increases soil fertility through the addition of
organic matter in soil and nutrients uptake in organic form. Besides, it is a rich source of
carbon and nitrogen which can address soil erosion, nutrients and organic matter
depletion issues and restores soil fertility by adding organic matter and reducing the
incidence of soil-borne pathogens in the soil. Biochar utilization in the agriculture
sector is increasing day by day because of its great potential for disease suppression.
Both biochar and compost are used commercially to improve plant growth and
suppress potato diseases caused by R. solani. Therefore, in this review, we discussed
the symptoms on potatoes, epidemiology and biological characteristics of R. solani and
summarized to date control strategies mainly focusing on biological, chemical, biochar
and compost approaches. | en_US |
