Vol. 12, Issue 1 (2023)

Author(s):
PP Kshirsagar, BY Pawar, PR Palande, RT Gaikwad, ST Aghav and Raut KS

Abstract:
An experiment entitled “Management of Root knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid and White, 1919) Chitwood, 1949 on Bawchi, Psoralea corylifolia L.” was conducted at the All India Co-ordinated Research Project on Medicinal and Aromatic plant & Betelvine project, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Dist: Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) during Kharif 2021. During the course of study, the efficacy of different treatments for control of M. incognita in Psoralea corylifolia was studied in Randomized block design with three replications and nine treatments. Impact of different strategies on management of Root knot nematode showed that the treatment with Neem cake @ 2 Ton / ha was superior of all other treatment which is at par with Trichoderma plus @ 20 kg per ha. The next promising treatment was of Trichoderma viride (2×10⁶ cfu/g) @ 20 Kg/ha, Paecilomyces lilacinus ((2×10⁸ cfu/g) @ 20 kg/ha and Pseudomonas fluorescens (1 x 10⁹ cfu / ml) @ 20 kg/ha in reducing root-knot nematode population at intermediate stage. However, the next promising treatment was Karanj cake application @ 2 ton/ha followed by Intercropping of Tagetes spp. @ 3:1 proportion which found equally effective and at par with groundnut cake application @ 2 ton/ha.