Department of Nematology, B.A. College of Agriculture, Gujarat Agricultural University, Anand Campus, Anand-388110
1Senior Research Assistant
2Professor of Plant Pathology.
*A part of M.Sc. (Agri.) thesis submitted to Gujarat Agricultural University, Sardar Krushinagar by the first author.
Rotylenchulus reniformis at an initial inoculum level of 100 and above in 700g soil significantly reduced the shoot length, fresh shoot and root weights of mung-bean culture Gujarat-1 within 40 days of inoculation. Number of females, eggmasses, total eggs per plant and soil population in 100 ml soil at harvest of experiment increased with increase in inoculum levels; but, the reproduction factor decreased with increase in inoculum numbers. The number of eggs per eggmass was, however, significantly decreased with increase in inoculum levels above 100 nematodes per plant.
Rotylenchulus reniformis, mungbean, pathogenicity
