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Interaction between plant symbionts, bio-organic waste and antagonistic fungi in the management of Meloidogyne incognita infecting chickpea

Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences, ISSN: 1658-077X, Vol: 17, Issue: 4, Page: 424-434
2018
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  • Citations
    12
    • Citation Indexes
      12
  • Captures
    34
  • Social Media
    9
    • Shares, Likes & Comments
      9
      • Facebook
        9

Article Description

Experiments were conducted at the University Agricultural Research Farm for the two consecutive years, 2013–2014 and 2014–2015 to study the individual and interactive effects of different plant symbionts ( Glomus fasciculatum, Mesorhizobium ciceri ), bio-organic waste ( Avena sativa straw) and antagonistic fungi, Trichoderma harzianum in all possible combinations for biocontrol of root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita infecting chickpea var. Avrodhi. Biocontrol agents and organic wastes were evaluated for their efficacy in terms of growth characteristics, chlorophyll content, nutrients status, mycorrhization and nematode-related parameters. Combined treatments resulted in higher plant growth, biomass, chlorophyll and nutrient status (N, P and K). Antagonistic fungi, Trichoderma harzianum @ 10 6 spores plant −1 proved to be most effective of all the plant symbionts ( G. fasciculatum, M. ciceri ) and organic waste in suppressing the nematode-related parameters in chickpea plants. Of all the treatments, combined inoculation of AM fungus ( Glomus fasciculatum @ 800 spores plant −1 ) + root-nodulating bacteria ( Mesorhizobium ciceri @ 1gplant −1 ) + organic waste ( Avena sativa straw @ 10gplant −1 ) and antagonistic fungi ( Trichoderma harzianum @ 10 6 spores plant −1 ) was found to be the most efficient in improving the plant growth parameters and decreasing the root-knot development of M. incognita in chickpea plants.

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