Integrated nematode management: A comprehensive approach against root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita infecting cucumber under protected cultivation

Root-knot nematode, in particular has come out as the sole problematic reason under protected cultivation. Integration of chemicals, organic amendments and bio-agents was done and applied as soil treatment one after the other for the management of root-knot nematode infecting cucumber under polyhouse conditions. Every treatment was significant over the untreated control in increasing the plant growth and yield of cucumber along with containing the population of root-knot nematode in soil and roots. However, metham sodium @ 30 ml/m2 + neem cake @ 500 g + P. lilacinum @ 50 g/m2 was the best treatment among all treatments. Suppression of nematode population per 200 cc soil was 73.89, 73.22 and 73.56 per cent over untreated control in 2017, 2018 and pooled average of both years, respectively.