Effect of neem oil cake and nematicide for the control of burrowing nematode, Radopholus similis in the arecanut based on cropping system
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2007-02-08
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Three field experiments were carried our in arecanut monocrop, arecanut + banana and arecanut + banana + pepper to evaluate the efficacy of neem oil cake @ 1 kg and phorate @ 30g singly and in combination for control of burrowing nematode Radopholus similis population in arecanut, banana and pepper in the cropping system. Event hough, all the treatments were significantly superior over the untreated control, the best treatment in these experiments was 15 g of phorate in combination with 1 kg neem oil cake which controlled the R. similis population in arecanut and subsidiary crops very well.
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Neem, Oil cake, Nematode, burrowing nematode
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In: Third International Symposium of Afro-Asian Society of Nematologists, SBI, Coimbatore (15-18 April) 1998 p-251-257