MANAGEMENT OF ROOT-KNOT NEMATODE, MELOIDOGYNE-INCOGNITA ON TOMATO BY INTEGRATION OF TRICHODERMA-HARZIANUM WITH NEEM CAKE

Neem cake (Azadirachta indica) and a biocontrol fungus, Trichoderma ha rzianum, were evaluated either singly or in combination for the manage ment of Meloidogyne incognita on tomato. Significant increase in plant growth and reduction in root galling and final population of M. incog nita were observed in tomato seedlings transplanted in neem cake-amend ed soil incorporated with T. harzianum. Increase in colonization of T. harzianum on roots of tomato was also observed in the above treatment s which indicated favourable effects of neem cake amendment on the gro wth of T. harzianum.