1Jahad Sq. Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center, Department of Plant Protection, Yasooj, Kohgyloych va Boyreahmad Province, Iran.
Division of Nematology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110 012, India.
Application of neem seed granules (NSG) @ 0.2 and 0.4% w/w and kernel granules (NSKG) @ 0.1, 0.2 and 0.4% w/w to soil significantly reduced the root galling due to Meloidogyne incognita and population density of M. incognita J2 in soil. NSKG reduced root galling of tomato by 33.6, 44.3 and 44.6%, compared to 7.4, 32.3 and 41.9% by NSG at 0.1, 0.2 and 0.4%, w/w, respectively with a reduction in galling and decline in M. incognita J2 population in soil. The application of NSG and NSKG also improved the growth of root and shoot of the infected tomato plants.
Meloidogyne incognita, tomato, neem, control, granules
