Department of Entomology, C.S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur-208 002, Uttar Pradesh, India
*Email of corresponding author: k1dwivedi@yahoo.com
Online published on 13 October, 2015.
The field experiment was conducted during 2009 at University Research Farm, Kanpur for management of reniform nematode (Rotylenchulus reniformis) infecting bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) through seed treatment with bioagents. All the bioagents used were found effective over untreated control but Pseudomonas fluorescens @ 20 g kg−1 seed was most effective in increasing growth parameters of plant. Final nematode population was reduced 23.0% and yield was increased up to 2.7% in comparison to untreated control. This was followed by Paecilomyces lilacinus and Pochonia chlamydosporia.
Bioagents, Growth parameters, Reniform nematode, Seed treatment
