Division of Entomology, S.K. University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Main Campus, Shalimar, Srinagar-191 121 (J&K), India.
*Present Address: Retired University Professor of Nematology (RAU), Rakabganj, Bhagalpur-812 002, Bihar.
Online published on 23 July, 2012.
Significant effect of all the test plants in reducing nematode population and increasing the plant characters were noticed. Anagallis arvensis, Curcuma longa, Mentha viridis, Moringa oliefera and Ocimum sanctum proved more toxic to nematodes and showed prolonged effect of toxicity as soil population remained 3.4 to 82.3 % less than the initial level at the time of harvest. Corresponding to decrease in nematode population an increase of 4.1 to 68.9 % in growth parameters of Saccharum officinarum were observed due to incorporation of plant parts of these plants.
Botanicals, Plant parasitic nematodes, Saccharum officinarum
