Utilization of Agri-Based Wastes against Meloidogyne incognita infecting Cucumber in Polyhouse

An experiment was carried out in the poly-house to find out the efficacy of agri-based wastes against root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita infecting cucumber. Agri-based wastes viz., tea waste (TW), tobacco churi (TC), poultry manure (PM), water hyacinth powder (WHP), lantana leaf powder (LLP) and neem cake (NC) were applied @ 20 g and 40 g per plant as soil application before sowing to manage Meloidogyne incognita on Cucumber in naturally infested polyhouses. Yield of cucumber significantly increased with the application of organic amendments over untreated check (Control) in root-knot nematode infested polyhouse. After analysis of all treatments, maximum yield (3.180 kg/plant) was obtained with the application of Tobacco Churi at 40 g per plant followed by tea waste (3.060 kg per plant) and Poultry manure (2.890 kg per plant) at the rate 40 g per plant as compared to control (1.215 kg/plant). Among all the treatments, the highest yield (3.390 kg/plant) was recorded with neem cake at 50 g/plant which was kept as standard check.