Effect of temperature and pH on the attachment of Pasteuria penetrans to Meloidogyne arenaria and the mass production

The cultivating agroproducts are damaged by the Meloidogyne spp. which are gradually increasing in farm land soil. No effective control method for Meloidogyne spp., however, is available. Pasteuria penetrans which is one of the microorganisms in soil is used for biological control of Meloidogyne spp. although the method of mass production is limited. This study was conducted to investigate attachment and mass production effect of P. penetrans to M. arenaria under different temperatures (10, 30, 50 and ) and pH values (4, 7 and 10). Attachment rates under these temperature and pH were more than 96% and 80%, respectively. In mass production rates, the number of P. penetrans attached on M. arenaria under different temperatures and pH were highly increased in root of tomato but not significantly different. Therefore, we concluded that P. penetrans can survive and attach on M. arenaria under various conditions. This method for mass production of P. penetrans can be provided to develop environmentally-friendly nematicide.