IMPACT OF PAECILOMYCES LILACINUS APPLICATION TIME ON PLANT GROWTH AND SUPPRESSION OF ROOT KNOT NEMATODE

Abstract

Experiments were carried out to study the effect of Paecilomyces lilacinus application time on plant growth and suppression of root knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita in brinjal

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7 spore/plant by mixing with the pot soil where M. incognita was inoculated @ 10,000 eggs/plant. Two months after transplantation, the data on plant growth parameters, root knot index P +M . The fresh weight of root P M 7DAP P . The shoot length . The gall index, egg masses/root, eggs/egg mass and reproduction factor of the treatment PL P P +M P were reduced 77.38, 88.29, 68.73 and 86.29% over M in brinjal variety singnath. Similar type of results were also recorded in brinjal variety khotkhotia, tomato variety BARI Tomato 14 and

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P P PL P +M M P P 7DAP 7DAP 7DBP M P cucumber variety Kashinda. The treatment PL 7DBP M P