MANAGEMENT OF ROOT- KNOT NEMATODE (MELOIDOGYNE INCOGNITA) INFECTING MULBERRY
T.N. NARASIMHAMURTHY *
DEPARTMENT OF PLANT PATHOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (UAS). GKVK. BANGALORE-560 065, INDIA
B.M.R. REDDY *
DEPARTMENT OF PLANT PATHOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (UAS). GKVK. BANGALORE-560 065, INDIA
G.D. PRAHALADA *
DEPARTMENT OF PLANT PATHOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (UAS). GKVK. BANGALORE-560 065, INDIA
G.R. GURU PRASAD *
DEPARTMENT OF PLANT PATHOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (UAS). GKVK. BANGALORE-560 065, INDIA
H.N. SHASHIKUMAR *
DEPARTMENT OF PLANT PATHOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (UAS). GKVK. BANGALORE-560 065, INDIA
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Abstract
viride, 2x10“cfu/g) and commercial bioagents (Trichoderma viride, 2x10"cfu/g) and Psuedomonas fluorescens, 1x10fcfu/g) under field conditions. All the bioagents tested were effective in suppressing nematode population and improving plant growth and yield. However, higher shoot length (125.10cm), number of leaves (156.00) and leaf yield (3.57kg) were recorded in indigenous Tviride (a) 30g/m followed by indigenous T viride @ 20g/m, Pseudomonas fluorescens (commercial) and T viride (commercial) (d) 20g m. respectively. Lowest nematode population in soil (162.00) and root (25.33) were recorded in indigenous T. viride (a 30g/m treated plot followed by indigenous T viride @ 20g/m. Maximum reduction of galls (49.33) and egg masses (7.50) per five gram of root was recorded in indigenous T viride (a 30gsm compared to other treatments.
Keywords: Management, Root Knot Nematode, Meloldogyne incognita, mulberry