Ramavath Abhi, M.K. Sharma, B.L. Baheti, Manisha, Devendra Jain, Amit Trivedi, M.K. Kaushik and H.K. Sharma
Abstract
The present investigation was conducted under cage house condition for the management of root-knot nematode (RKN) inciting tomato with seven treatments including untreated control and four replications. Results revealed that all the treatments (i.e., Trichoderma harzianum, T. viride, Purpureocillium lilacinum, Metarhizium anisopliae, and Beauveria bassiana were used as soil application (SA) at 5 g/kg soil and seedling treatment (ST) at 5 g/l of water) were found significantly superior over an untreated control in increasing biometric parameters and reducing the RKN multiplication in plant and soil at termination. However, soil application at 5 g/kg soil and seedling treatment at 5 g/l of water with T. harzianum was found to be more effective in reducing RKN population and maximum biometric parameters of tomato followed by T. viride and P. lilacinum.