1Department of Zoology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar-143 005, Punjab, India
2Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar-143 005, Punjab, India
3School of Biological, Chemical & Environmental Sciences, The University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji
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The different plant parts viz. seeds, roots and leaves of tomato cv. Pusa Ruby were treated with five different concentrations (ranging from 10−10 to 10−5 M) of HBl and then untreated second-stage juveniles @ 10 J2/g soil were released on treated plants. Seed and root-dip treatment of tomato plants with HBl resulted into more number of galls and greater egg mass number as compared to control plants whereas foliar spray had not much effect on nematode development.
Meloidogyne incognita, 28-homobrassinolide, gall size, gall number, egg mass number, root system, root length, shoot length
