Management of root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita infesting Grape under field conditions

All the treatments were significantly superior over an untreated control in reducing root-knot nematode population, number of root galls and egg masses and increasing the yield of grape. However, soil application of carbofuran 3G at 2 kg a.i./ha was found to be most effective in reducing root-knot nematode population (53.9%), number of root galls (45.8%) and number of egg masses (45.1%) at intermediate stage. and increasing the yield of grape (27.2%) with 1: 18.37 ICBR at termination. While, at termination stage, the treatment of Pseudomonas fluorescens at 20 kg/ha was found to be most effective in reducing nematode population (38.6%), number of root galls (26.1%) and number of egg masses (28.8%)