Division of Entomology, S.K. University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Shalimar, Kashmir -191 121.
Two experiments were conducted to assess extent of retrievable losses caused by plant-parasitic nematodes in tomato and potato in Kashmir. The results indicated that 9.34% and 11.0% retrievable losses in tomato and potato respectively were recorded at pre-plant population of 170, 123, 48.5 and 81 per 250 ml soil in tomato and 45, 20, 1510 and 21 per 250 ml soil in potato of lesion, spiral and stunt nematodes and Tylenchus sp. respectively.
Crop losses, Tomato, Potato
