Indian Journal of Nematology

SCOPUS
  • Year: 2007
  • Volume: 37
  • Issue: 2

Effect of Opportunistic Fungi on Eggmass Parasitization and Mortality of Juveniles of Meloidogyne incognita In vitro

  • Author:
  • M. Reddi Kumar1,, J. Sailaja Rani1, M. John Sudheer2
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 127 to 130

1Department of Plant Pathology, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati-517 502, India

2Agricultural Research Station, Kadiri, India.

Abstract

Experiments were conducted in vitro to assess the nematotoxic effect of some opportunistic fungi on Meloidogyne incognita. Mycoflora isolated from the eggmasses and rhizosphere soil were subjected to ovicidal and larvicidal tests. Among the fungi treated, Paecilomyces lilacinus (PlT1) recorded 72.76% eggmass parasitization followed by P. lilacinus (PlT2) 71.0%. The fungi which were found effective against eggmasses were further evaluated on J2. In case of juveniles, P. lilacinus isolate (PlT1) caused 93% and V. chlamydosporium 84% mortality in cent per cent concentration of fungal filtrate after 72 h exposure period.

Keywords

Opportunistic fungi, root-knot nematode, eggmass parasitization, juvenile mortality