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Eight sources of organic matter viz., Tea waste, poultry manure, Wheat straw, Cow dung, sugarcane bagasse, Neem cake, Mustard leaves and Saw dust were evaluated under greenhouse condition for their effectiveness to manage anthracnose of Soybean caused by C.. truncatum. All eight treatments were significantly effective in minimising the diseases severity out of which Neem cake was found most effective and gave highest seed germination (82.20%), Vigour index (3504) and nodulation (26.66) and showed least disease severity (13.85%). Whereas minimum pre-emergence mortality in Tea waste with 12.99% while the post emergence mortality was found least in Neem cake with 4.60%. The current finding concentrates on the eco-friendly alternatives to manage anthracnose of Soybean in the field over the conventional chemical pesticides.