1. ANUPAM KUMAR - Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, India.
2. KAMAL KHILARI - Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, India.
3. ABHISHEK KUMAR - Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, India.
4. AJAY KUMAR MISHRA - Ajay Kumar Mishra,CPCT, Indian Council Agricultural Research - Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India.
5. GAURAV KUMAR YADAV - Gaurav Kumar Yadav, Division of Plant Pathology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India.
6. AMIT KUMAR YADAV - Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, India.
7. PRIYANKA YADAV - Priyanka Yadav, Horticulture experiment and Training Centre, Jhansi, India.
Basmati is one of the most popular aromatic rice cultivated in India and Pakistan. The basmati grains are identified by their unique aroma, cooking quality, and appearance. The typical fragrance of basmati rice is one of the most inescapable characteristics for consumer’s acceptability. Root-knot nematodes, Meloidogyne spp., are sedentary, obligatory root endoparasites of great economic importance, and polyphagous species. Root-knot nematode (RKN) is considered as one of the most important damaging parasites for upland, lowland, and deep-water rice cultivation throughout the world, particularly in south and Southeast Asia. Biological control is regarded as a promising alternative and a wide array of microbial bio control agents (BCA) have been developed in the past decades for the management of pathogens causing the diseases in plants. Several Trichoderma species and isolates have been evaluated as bio control agents for the management of nematodes. Application of Trichoderma isolates S-13 @ 20 g/m2 of soil was found most effective to reduce the galls formation and enhance the growth parameters of rice plant.
Basmati Rice, Root-Knot Nematode, Bioagents and Management.