Department of Nematology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-3.
Ethanolic extract of root extract from the resistant tomato cultivar Hisar Lalit seedlings and from nematode induced cells when applied as potentized dose at the ratio of 1:50 ml on tomato plants CV. PKM 1, inoculated with Meloidogyne incognita larvae, reduced nematode population and promoted plant growth. The root extract from the resistant Hisar Lalit induced systemic resistance in tomato.
Meloidogyne incognita tomato, root extract, dilution, stock solution
