Ms. Rao et al., EFFECT OF INTEGRATION OF ENDOMYCORRHIZA (GLOMUS-MOSSAE) AND NEEM CAKEON THE CONTROL OF ROOT-KNOT NEMATODE ON TOMATO, Zeitschrift fur Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz, 102(5), 1995, pp. 526-529
Efforts have been made to study the effect of integration of neem (Aza
dirachta indica) cake and vesicular arbuscular mycorrhiza (Glomus moss
ae) on the control of root-knot nematode-Meloidogyne incognita, on tom
ato (Lycopersicon esculentum). Results indicated that mycorrhizal seed
lings of tomato, when transplanted in neem cake-amended soil, were lea
st infected by M. incognita. Significant increase in plant growth para
meters, significant decrease in root-knot index and final population o
f M. incognita were observed in the treatments where mycorrhizal seedl
ings were transplanted in neem cake-amended soil. In addition, signifi
cant increases in colonization of G. mossae on roots of tomato and in
chlamydospore densities of G. mossae in these treatments indicate favo
urable effects of neem cake amendment on the growth of G. mossae, Thes
e studies for the first time reveal that desirable rhizospheric change
s by addition of neem cake amendments in the soil help in effective ut
ilization of G. mossae for the control of M. incognita on tomato.