Pakistan Journal of Nematology (2015) 33, 213-215

W.M.A. El-Nagdi and M.M.A. Youssef (2015)
Population density of Meloidogyne incognita under stress of different cropping sequences
Pakistan Journal of Nematology 33 (2), 213-215
Abstract: Five different cropping sequences including cucumber, dry common bean, cowpea, maize and sesame plants replacing sugar beet for controlling root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita resulted that sugar beet-Hybrid maize and sugar beet-sesame cropping sequences proved most effective against root-knot nematode as they reduced nematode parameters as indicated by the number of galls, egg-masses and hatched juveniles on roots. Consequently, they lowered rates of nematode population ranged from 0 and 0.01, respectively. However, the higher nematode populations were supported rest crops. It is concluded that use of poor or non host crops may be beneficial for controlling root-knot nematode population densities in intensive cropping system.
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Database assignments for author(s): Mahmoud M. Ahmed Youssef, Wafaa M.A. El-Nagdi

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
environment - cropping system/rotation

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Meloidogyne incognita	Maize/corn (Zea mays)	Egypt