Department of Nematology, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Rajasthan Agricultural University Campus, Udaipur.
The study on pathogenic effect of renifotm nematode, Rotylenchulus reniformis on soybean var. Gaurav revealed significant decrease in shoot weight at the level of 1000 with minimum nematode multiplication. This nematode was found to complete its life cycle within 15 days. In resistance studies, 49 soybean varieties were screened out of which DS-9 and EC-93741 were found resistant, MACS-190 and MACS-153 moderately resistant, eleven were tolerant and the remaining were found susceptible.
Rotylenchulus renifromis, soybean, pathogenicity, life cycle, resistance
