Department of Nematology, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar-751003, India.
In studying some pathogenic aspects of Hoplolaimus indicus Sher, 1963 on rice under semisterile pot culture conditions, it was found that the nematodes caused, on an average, 5.71, 11.78, 20.35 and 31.42 per cent reduction in plant height; 1.89,2.84, 3.79 and 4.43 per cent shortening of flowering time and 0.12, 0.63, 1.50 and 2.29 per cent decrease in crude protein content of rice grains (var. Annapurna) when inoculated with 10, 100,1000 and 10,000 nematodes per pot, respectively.
