Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute, Srirampura, Mysore-570 008.
The effect of different inoculum levels of Meloidogyne incognita viz., 0, 10, 100, 1000 and 10,000 second stage larvae/plant and the extent of avoidable leaf yield loss were estimated in pot culture and field conditions respectively. M. incognita was found to be highly pathogenic to mulberry and caused significant reduction in plant growth leaf yield and moisture per cent as well as shoot and root weight observed at 10,000 larvae/plant. The avoidable leaf yield loss in field conditions was 11.8 percent.
Inoculum level, yield loss, Meloidogyne Incognita, carbofuran, mulberry
