Management of Meloidogyne incognita -Fusarium oxysporum disease complex of Pisum sativum

An experiment was conducted under pot conditions to evaluate the efficacy of chemicals (carbofuran @ 1 mg a.i./kg soil, bavistin @ 1 mg a.i./kg soil), botanicals (Azadirachta indica seed powder @ 50 mg/kg soil, Murraya koenigii leaves powder @ 150 mg/kg soil) and bioagents (Trichoderma virens @ 50 ml (10⁸ CFU/ml)/kg soil, Pseudomonas fluorescens @ 50 ml (2x10⁸ CFU/ml)/kg soil) against root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita (2500 J2/kg soil) - wilt fungus, Fusarium oxysporum (2.5 ml spore suspension having 10⁸ CFU/ml) disease complex of field pea, Pisum sativum cv. Rachna. All the treatments significantly improved the growth of plants compared to untreated inoculated plants. Carbofuran and bavistin showed maximum suppression of root-knot development and fungal infection respectively, while A. indica seed powder and T. virens were found effective against both the pathogens.