Integrated Management of Meloidogyne incognita on Lentil

The effect of biocontrol agents (Pseudomonas fluorescens and Trichoderma viride @ 10 g/kg seed having 2x10⁸ cfu/g of talc based formulation), neem seed powder (@ 10 g/kg seed and carbosulfan (@ 3.0% w/w as seed treatment alone and in combination (@ half, one third and one fourth dose, when applied in combination of two, three and four additives, respectively) was studied against Meloidogyne incognita on lentil under sick field conditions. All the treatments significantly improved the grain yield and reduced root-knot index. Highest improvement in grain yield (44.6%) and lowest root-knot index (0.45) was observed in plots treated with P. fluorescens + T. viride + neem seed powder + carbosulfan.