Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202 002.
*Present address: Central Institute of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants (CIMAP-CSIR). P.O.-R.S. M. Nagar, Lucknow-226 016, India.
Soil amendments with chopped shoots of some latex bearing plants, viz., Carica papaya, Artocarpus heterophyllus, Ficus carica, F. elastica, F. glomerata, Ipomoea fistulosa, Nerium odorum and Tabernaemontana coronaria were effective in reducing the populations of Hoplolairnus indicus, Helicotylenchus indicus, Rotylenchulus reniformis, Tylenchorhynchus brossicae and Tylenchus filiformis infecting tomato and eggplant. Chopped shoots of F. elastica gave highest reduction of phytonematodes in both the plants. The plant growth of tomato and eggplant was also increased as a result of the application of these additives, highest being in plants treated with chopped shoots of F. glomerata and F. elastica respectively.
Organic amendments, latex bearing plants, tomato, eggplant, plant-parasitic nematodes, control
