Reaction of different vegetables to root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita and their effect on the morphometrics of nematode

Different vegetable crops were inoculated with single egg mass population of Meloidogyne incognita in order to determine the extent of morphometric and allometric variations. The different hosts influenced the female dimensions to a varied degree. Large and robust females were produced on highly susceptible plants like Trigonella foenum graecum, Pisum sativum and Coriandrum sativum while smaller females were produced on plants like Lycopersicon esculentum, cv Pelicum, L. pimpinellifolium (Red fruit), which are tolerant to nematode attack.