College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala-695 522.
Addition of chopped green leaves of neem and eupatorium (15 t/ha) effectively reduced plant parasitic nematodes of bhindi and cowpea and subsequently increased crop yield (94 to 135% in bhindi and 45 to 50% in cowpea during rainy and summer seasons. Also lower dose of neem (7.5 t/ha) supprressed Helicotylenchus spp. in bhindi. Biometric characters of plants improved significantly.
Neem, Eupatorium, Helicotylenchus spp., Meloidogyne incognita, Rotylenchulus reniformis
