Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) is one of the important fruit crops belongs to the family Lythraceae. Nowadays most of the fields were infested by root knot nematode caused by Meloidogyne incognita which results in yellowing and stunting of plant further it affects the total yield of the crop. Four nematicides and five oil cakes were evaluated against number of juveniles emerged from egg mass at 24, 48 and72 hours interval against M. incognita in laboratory condition for their efficacy against the pathogen. Further evaluated before and after inoculation of pathogen in potsto check the effect onplant growth parameters like fresh shoot weight, dry shoot weight, fresh root weight, dry root weight, shoot length, root length and disease parameters like yellowing of leaves and number of galls (grade) in all the treatments in comparison to uninoculated control. |
