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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART B-PESTICIDES FOOD CONTAMINANTS AND AGRICULTURAL WASTES
Volume 43, Issue 3, Pages 237-240Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/03601230701771164
Keywords
toxic; egg parasitic; opportunistic; root knot nematode; antagonistic bioagents
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Management of root knot nematode disease infecting tomato, by the use of fungal bioagents Acremonium strictum and Trichoderma harzianum isolated from egg masses of M. incognita infecting tomato has been carried out. The rhizosphere and rhizoplane of root knot nematode infested tomato revealed consistent association of Acremonium strictum. In the present study A. strictum and other fungal bioagents viz. Aspergillus niger, Paecilomyces lilacinus,Rhizoctonia solani and Trichoderma harzianum isolated earlier from egg-masses of M. incognita, identified and maintained have been investigated through in-vitro and in-vivo trials for their potentiality against M. incognita. Out of the above, isolated mycoflora A. niger was identified to be toxic against M. incognita while A. strictum and T. harzianum was found to possess both egg parasitic or opportunistic and toxic properties. A field trial with all the above fungal bioagents both alone and together showed significant promising performance by the dual treatment of A. strictum and T. harzianum in improving the health of the tomato plant with a remarkable reduction in M. incognita population.
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