Safer spice - food safety and market access for peppercorn
Safer spice - food safety and market access for peppercorn
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Meloidogyne incognita (Root-Knot Nematodes)
 
Scientific name
Meloidogyne incognita
Common name
Root-Knot Nematodes
 
Source: PlantwisePlus Knowledge Bank
Prevention and Control

Management

  • Use resistant varieties and do not establish seedbeds where vegetables have been grown previously. After preparation of the seedbed, burn the topsoil using dry leaves or other waste plant materials
  • Solarisation of seedbeds. Long, hot, sunny days work best. A period of 4 to 6 weeks should be enough to control soil borne plant pests such as nematodes and weeds
  • Use biofumigation: neem cake powder/mustards cakes/chicken droplets are mulched and incorporated into the soil. The new crop can be planted or sown 3 weeks after incorporating any of those into the soil
  • Maintain high levels of organic matter (manures and compost) in the soil
  • Mixed cropping with marigold can also minimise root-knot nematode damage
  • Uproot entire plants from the field after harvest and destroy crop debris
  • Rotate crop with onions, maize, millet, sorghum or sesame
 
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