1Plant Quarantine Regional Station (NBPGR), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500 030.
2Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack-753 006.
3Department of Nematology, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar-751 003.
4Department of Nematology, Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa, Bihar.
An effective method for screening rice varieties against the root-knot nematode has been standardized. This method involves inoculation of 200 juveniles per plant to the whole set initially and 5000 eggs to the select entries. The time and inoculum required for the method are relatively less over other method.
Meloidogyne graminicola, screening techniques, standardization
