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Project Code

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Title

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Studies on root-knot nematodeMeloidogyne incognitaand fungusRhizoctonia bataticolaB. interaction on mulberry and their management.

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Investigators

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Bhagyarathi N, Siddappaji C ,

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Project period

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1996 - 1997

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Institute/ University

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University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore, Karnataka

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Project cost

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Objectives

• To record the effect of interaction of root knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) and fungus (Rhizoctonia bataticola) disease on mulberry crop.
• To evolve management strategy to contain root knot nematode and the fungus pathogen.

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Important findings

The interaction effect of root knot nematode and the fungusRhizoctonia bataticolainoculations was significant in reducing the both mulberry biomass and the nematode populations than either of the cultures inoculated separately.