Integrated Nematode Management in Chickpea against Meloidogyne Incognita - A View Point

Das, S.K. (2015) Integrated Nematode Management in Chickpea against Meloidogyne Incognita - A View Point. Universal Journal of Agricultural Research, 3 (5). pp. 145-149.

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Abstract

Early researchers identified key concepts and developed tactics for multiple option management of nematodes. Traditional management tactics include host resistance (where available), cultural tactics such as rotation with nonhosts, sanitation and avoidance, and destruction of residual crop roots and judicious use of nematicides. There have been advances in biological control of nematodes, but field-scale exploitation of this tactic remains to be realized. New technologies and resources are currently becoming central to the development of sustainable systems for nematode-pest-crop management, molecular diagnostics for nematode identification, genetic engineering for host resistance, and the elucidation and application of soil biology for general integrated cropping systems. The latter strategy includes use of nematode-pest antagonistic cover crops, animal wastes, and limited tillage practices that favor growth-promoting rhizobacteria, earthworms, predatory mites, and other beneficial organisms while suppressing parasitic nematodes and other plant pathogens. Certain rhizobacteria may induce systemic host resistance to nematodes and, in some instances, to foliage pathogens. The systems focusing on soil biology hold great promise for sustainable crop-nematode management, but only a few research programs are currently involved in this labor-intensive endeavor.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Host resistance, Genetic engineering, Nematicides, Sanitation, Tillage, Antagonistic cover crops
Author Affiliation: ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Sikkim Centre, Sikkim
Subjects: Plant Protection
Divisions: Chickpea
Depositing User: Mr B Krishnamurthy
Date Deposited: 24 Dec 2015 06:05
Last Modified: 24 Dec 2015 06:05
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.13189/ujar.2015.030501
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/14122

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