Division of Nematology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India.
1 Part of the thesis submitted by the senior author to P.G. School, IARI, New Delhi, for award of Ph. D. degree.
Pathogenicity of Meloidogyne incognita on chickpea cultivar Pusa 209, was studied with five inoculum levels, namely, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 40 and 8.0 larvae per g of soil along with check and associated check. There was a progressive decrease in plant growth as the inoculum level of the nl matode increased. An inoculum of 2 larvae per g soil was found to be the damaging threshold level. Rhlzobial nodulation was adversely affected at all the inoculum levels.
Meloidogyne incognita, Chick pea, Pathogenicity
