Department of Plant Pathology, University of Agricultural Sciences, G.K.V.K. Bangalore-560 065, India.
* Rhone-Poulenc Agrochemicals (India) Ltd., No. 142, 1st Floor, R.V. Road, Bangalore-4.
Four chemicals, prophos 10G at 12 g per plant, carbofuran 3G at 40 g per plant, phorate 10G at 12 g per plant and dacamox 5G at 24 g per plant, were tested for their efficacy against the burrowing nematode, Radopholus similis, in a field trial. The chemicals were effective in minimising the nematode population, both in soil and the roots.
Radopholus simi/is, prophos, carbofuran, phorate, dacamox
