A technique for inoculating field sites with meloidogyne eggs

Ball, D.A.; Ferris, H.; Ball, D.A; Ferris, H

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A technique for inoculating field sites with meloidogyne eggs

Ball, D.A.; Ferris, H.

Journal of Nematology 14(3): 420-422

1982

ISSN/ISBN: 0022-300X

PMID: 19295737

Document Number: 184219

Field trials using a mechanical inoculation system showed the gall index of tomato roots to be closely related to the calculated number of M. incognita eggs deposited/foot of row. It is suggested that the technique gives a uniform infestation of M. incognita on tomato roots in most plots.