Department of Plant Pathology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Hebbal, Bangalore-24, India.
1Present address: Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500 030, Andhra Pradeh.
Losses caused by the root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita, in tomato were assessed under field conditions. At a preptant nematode population density of 20 larvae per g of soil, yield of tomato was reduced by 39.7 per cent. The losses were due to few in number and low weight fruits and also because of delayed fruit ripening.
Meloidogyne incognita, Tomato, Crop losses
