Integrated management of Tylenchids =Nematoda occuring on Capsicum frutescens (chillies) by hoeing, 7.5% Garlic (Allium sativum) solution and by application of Poultry manure

By : Javaid Hassan Sheikh , Gowhar Rashid

Page No: 245-248

Abstract 
Plant parasitic nematodes are of huge economic importance in the present day world of food crisis. Management of these underrated parasites has become a concern for the nematologists as they drastically tell upon the productivity potential of crops. A field experiment was conducted at Punzwa, Kupwara to study the effects of 7.5% garlic solution, Hoeing and poultry manure on nematodes associated with Capsicum frutescens and to study their comparative account in order to devise an integrated control regime. The nematode genera which are frequently encountered on this host in this part of the world are Helicotylenchus spp., Psilenchu spp., Tylenchus spp., and Aphelenchus spp.The results of combination of all the three measures was found to be most effective with the mean values of population density followed by standard deviation as 37.75±5.5 with the initial density and control as 104.55±2.0 and 109.5±0.67 respectively. The individual effect of hoeing reduced the density to 75.15±3.59 from 110.34±5.7 and the combination of hoeing and garlic solution treatment reduced the populations of plant parasitic nematodes to 63.35±6.8 from 126.75±7.2.

Authors :
Javaid Hassan Sheikh and Gowhar Rashid
Department of Zoology, Government Degree College Kulgam, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPSR.2021.37.02.4