Department of Nematology, B.A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand-388 110, Gujarat, India, E-mail: rajababuvyas@yahoo.com.
To manage the root-knot nematode economically and integrated experiment was planned. Result of three years trials indicated that application of Paecilomyces lilacinus @25 kg spore dust with carrier/ha [(109 conidia/g) [at the time of transplanting+ poultry manure @10 tons/ha (a week prior to transplanting) or mustard cake @ 2 tons/ha (a week prior to transplanting) or P. lilacinus @ 25 kg spore dust with carrier/ha [(109 conidia/g) [at the time of transplanting] + neem cake @ 2 tons/ha (a week prior to transplanting) or P. lilacinus @ 25 kg spore dust with carrier/ha [(109 conidia/g) [at the time of transplanting] + carbofuran 3G @ 2 kg/ha in two equal splits [one at the time of transplanting and the other after 2.5 months] improved plant growth and considerably reduced gall index and also gave higher brinjal fruit yield over control.
Brinjal, root-knot nematode, Paecilomyces lilacinus, organic amendments, integrated management
