Effect of trifluralin and certain pesticides for management of Meloidogyne incognita on tomato

The effect of the herbicide, Olitref (trifluralin 26%), 3.51/ha and of five pesticides, Temik (aldicarb 10G). 30 kg/ha, Vydate (oxamyl 10G) 30 kg/ha, Furadan (carbofuran 10G), 30 kg/ha. Basudin (diazinon 5G), 30kg/ha, and Ventillalt kenpor (sulphur 99%), 40 kg/ha on Meloidogyne incognita infecting tomato were studied in glasshouse conditions. Among the tested chemicals, high percentage of increase in tomato growth occurred with aldicarb (77.3%), whereas triflural in showed the least percentage of increase (12.5%). The nematicides, aldicarb and oxamyl effectivily reduced nematode populations within tomato roots as well as number of galls and egg-masses. Although slight decrease in nematode populations obtained with trifluralin and sulphur, carbofuran and diazinon showed high population exceeded the control.