ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Potential of chitosan alone and in combination with agricultural wastes against the root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita infesting eggplant
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Section of Plant Pathology and Nematology, Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
Submission date: 2017-06-09
Acceptance date: 2017-09-19
Corresponding author
Mohd Asif
Section of Plant Pathology and Nematology, Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
Section of Plant Pathology and Nematology, Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
Journal of Plant Protection Research 2017;57(3):288-295
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ABSTRACT
The present investigation was carried out to evaluate the potential of chitosan alone
and in combination with various agricultural wastes for the management of rootknot
nematode, Meloidogyne incognita on eggplant cv. ‘BR-112’ under greenhouse
conditions. The results showed that chitosan as a single or joint treatment with agricultural wastes significantly (p ≤ 0.05) reduced root-knot indices, and the nematode population in soil. As a result, of this, the growth and growth yielding attributes of eggplant were remarkably augmented. Chitosan as an elicitor induced plant mediated systemic resistance against M. incognita in eggplant. The results of the study demonstrated that maximum reduction in eggmass/root, eggs/eggmasses, nematode population and root-knot indices, was acquired by the treatments: chitosan + onion and chitosan + mentha. It was followed by chitosan + Brassica, chitosan + urad and chitosan + coconut whereas, chitosan combined with corn cob waste was found to be the least effective when compared to the control. The application of chitosan alone was effective but not very satisfactory. Compared to the control applications of all the treatments significantly increased plant growth in terms of length, fresh and dry weights, pollen fertility, yield and biochemical parameters such as chlorophyll, carotenoid content and antioxidant enzymes. This may have been due to the eliciting activity of chitosan, causing systemic resistance in the plant and the release of various toxic chemical compounds during decomposition which have lethal effects against the second stage juveniles of M. incognita and nematode multiplication.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors have declared that no conflict of interests exist.
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