Title of Thesis

Integration of Different Bio-Control Agents for the Management of Root Knot Nematode (Meloidogyne Spp.)

Department of Plant Pathology/ University of Agriculture Faisalabad

Abstract
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2.1 Survey of root knot nematode, weed hosts and Pasteuria penetrans

2.2 P.  penetrans as a bio control agent

2.3 Attachment of P.  penetrans to the J2s of root knot  nematode     

2.4 Mass production of P.  penetrans

2.5 Use of bio-products against nematodes

2.6 Root dips treatment of plants against nematodes

3.1 Location of experimental sites

3.2 Data collected at surveying sites

3.3 Sampling root systems in the field

3.4 Assessment of root-knot nematode gall-indices

3.5 Extraction of nematodes from soil

3.6 Picking of nematodes

3.7 Killing of nematodes

3.8 Fixing of nematodes

4.1 The incidence of root knot nematode and the occurrence of P.  penetrans on nematodes infested samples collected from vegetables in Punjab

4.2 Survey for the incidence of root knot nematode on vegetable crops in the Punjab Province of Pakistan

4.3 The occurrence of P.  penetrans in the fields of vegetable crops in Punjab

4.4 Evaluation of the attachment of spores of P.  penetrans populations PpJ (Japan origin) and Pp3 (South Africa) to juveniles of Meloidogyne spp. at room temperature

4.5 Evaluation of the attachment of spores of P. penetrans populations PpJ (Japan origin) and Pp3 (South Africa) to juveniles of Meloidogyne spp. at controlled temperature

4.6 Effect of bio-products on the attachment of P.  penetrans to the J2s of Meloidogyne incognita

4.7 Effect of bio-products on the mobility of J2s in relation to various exposure time and concentrations

4.8 Effect of bio-products on the invasion and development of root-knot nematode (M. incognita)

4.9 Protective effect of bio-products against the invasion and development of root-knot nematode (M. incognita)

4.10 Curative effect of bio-products on the development of root-knot nematode M. incognita when the pre-infected seedlings were transplanted in the treated soil

4.11 Effect of bio-products as seedlings dip treatment on the pre- infected seedlings of tomato against the development of root-knot nematode (M. incognita)

4.12 Integration of bio-products and P. penetrans for the management of root-knot nematode over three crop cycles of tomato

4.13 Evaluation of various vegetable host crops for mass production of P.  penetrans