Population Dynamics of Meloidogyne incognita on Corn Grown in Soil in Fested with Arthrobotrys conoides
Al-Hazmi, A.S.; Schmitt, D.P.; Sasser, J.N.
Journal of Nematology 14(1): 44-50
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-300X PMID: 19295673 Document Number: 186604
Microplot and greenhouse experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of soil incorporation of the nematophagous fungus A. conoides and green alfalfa mulch on the population dynamics of M. incognita on corn. Reproduction of M. incognita and the incidence of root galling were reduced by as much as 84%, and eggs were fewest in early-mid-season soil samples from microplots. Yields increased in treatments with A. conoides and/or green alfalfa in greenhouse tests and in the microplot tests in 1979. No interaction was found between the fungus and green alfalfa in the reduction of the nematode population.