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Effect of Interaction Between<br />

Meloidogyne javanica Pathotype 1<br />

and Wilt Inducing Fungus, Fusarium<br />

oxysporum f. sp. ciceri on Chickpea<br />

B A Patel, D J Patel, and R G Patel (Department of<br />

Nematology, B A College of Agriculture, Gujarat<br />

Agricultural University, Anand Campus 388 110,<br />

Anand, Gujarat, India)<br />

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) suffers from nematode<br />

diseases and among the various plant parasitic nematodes,<br />

root-knot nematodes, Meloidogyne incognita<br />

and M. javanica, are key pests in the Indian subcontinent<br />

(Sharma and McDonald 1990). In India, Upadhyay and<br />

Dwivedi (1987) reported 40% yield loss in chickpea due<br />

to M. incognita. Chickpea wilt caused by Fusarium<br />

oxysporum f. sp. ciceri is widely distributed and reported<br />

from almost all the chickpea growing regions in the<br />

world ( Haware et al. 1990). The present study was conducted<br />

to find out the interaction between M. javanica<br />

pathotype 1 and F. oxysporum f. sp. ciceri.<br />

M. javanica pathotype 1 (Mj pt.1) and F. oxysporum<br />

f. sp. ciceri were tested on chickpea cultivar Dahod Yellow<br />

during 1995-96 and 1996-97 where earthen pots of 15<br />

cm diameter were disinfected with 4% formaldehyde<br />

and filled with steam sterilized soil (1 kg pot -1 ). Three<br />

seeds of Dahod Yellow were sown in the center of each<br />

pot after surface sterilization with 0.1% mercuric chloride<br />

for 2 minutes. On germination, plants were thinned to<br />

one per pot. Mj pt. 1 second stage larvae, extracted as per<br />

Petridish Assembly Method (Chawla and Prasad 1974),<br />

were inoculated in the rhizosphere of each plant @ 1000<br />

larvae/plant per treatment. Spores of F. oxysporum f. sp.<br />

ciceri (Foc) collected from Potato Dexrose Broth (PDB),<br />

were suspended in sterile distilled water (with 0.1%<br />

Tween 20). Foc spores were added @ 2 x 10 9 spores/<br />

plant per treatment in the rhizosphere of plants.<br />

The treatments were: a) Mj pt. 1 alone, b) Foc alone,<br />

c) Mj pt. 1 + Foc (simultaneous), d) Mj pt. 1 followed by<br />

Foc 2 wks after (Mj pt. 1 + Foc-2 wks), e) Foc followed<br />

by Mj pt. 1 2 wks after (Foc + Mj pt. 1 -2wks), and f) no<br />

nematode or fungus inoculation (control). The treatments<br />

were arranged in completely randomized design with<br />

five repetitions in a net house maintained at 22 ± 3°C.<br />

Watering and other necessary operations were taken as<br />

needed. Ninety days after inoculation, plants were removed<br />

carefully, washed free of soil, and used for recording<br />

observations.<br />

Pooled data revealed that maximum plant height and<br />

fresh shoot and root mass were observed in control<br />

plants and minimum in simultaneous inoculation of fungus<br />

and nematode (Mj pt. 1 + Foc). Maximum root-knot index<br />

was observed in Mj pt.1 treatment while minimum in<br />

Foc + Mj pt.1-2 wks and Mj pt.1 + Foc treatments while<br />

Table 1. Interaction between Meloidogyne javanica pt.1 and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri in relation to<br />

growth and development of chickpea cultivar Dahod Yellow plants and nematode multiplication and wilt disease<br />

incidence.<br />

Treatments<br />

Control<br />

Mj Pt. 1<br />

Foc<br />

Mj Pt.1 + Foc<br />

Mj Pt.1 + Foc-2 wks<br />

Foc+Mj Pt.1-2 wks<br />

SEm<br />

CV (%)<br />

Plant<br />

height<br />

(cm)<br />

31.2 a<br />

24.0 C<br />

25.5 b<br />

15.8 e<br />

17.9 d<br />

22.9 C<br />

0.4<br />

5.3<br />

Fresh mass (g)<br />

Shoot<br />

13.26 a<br />

8.71 bc<br />

9.81 b<br />

7.42 c<br />

7.71 c<br />

9.02 bc<br />

0.52<br />

16.9<br />

Root<br />

13.90 a<br />

7.05 d<br />

11.37 b<br />

6.30 d<br />

7.33 d<br />

8.78 c<br />

0.35<br />

11.7<br />

RK1<br />

(0-5) 1<br />

0.00 c<br />

3.90 a<br />

0.00 c<br />

3.30 b<br />

3.70 a<br />

3.10 b<br />

0.11<br />

14.6<br />

Final nematode<br />

population plant' 1<br />

Popu- % decrease<br />

lation over<br />

(Log X+1) Mj pt.1<br />

0.000 c (0) -<br />

3.942 a (8885) -<br />

0.000 e (0) -<br />

3.673 c (4960) 44.18<br />

3.816 b (6665) 24.99<br />

3.507 d (3245) 63.48<br />

0.03 -<br />

3.5 -<br />

-<br />

-<br />

Rate<br />

8.86<br />

-<br />

4.96<br />

6.67<br />

3.25<br />

-<br />

Reproduction<br />

rate<br />

% decrease<br />

over<br />

Mj pt. 1<br />

-<br />

-<br />

-<br />

-<br />

44.02<br />

24.72<br />

63.32<br />

1. 0 = Free; 5 = Maximum disease intensity.<br />

Mj pt.1 = M. javanica pt.l @ 1,000 J 2 /plant, Foc =Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri@ 2.0 x 10 9 spores plant -1 .<br />

Figures indicating common letters do not differ significantly from each other at 5% level of significance according to DNMRT.<br />

Figures in parentheses are retransformed values.<br />

-<br />

% wilting<br />

of<br />

plants<br />

0.0<br />

0.0<br />

40.0<br />

70.0<br />

70.0<br />

50.0<br />

-<br />

-<br />

Wilting<br />

-<br />

%inrease<br />

over<br />

Foc<br />

-<br />

-<br />

75.0<br />

75.0<br />

25.0<br />

-<br />

-<br />

ICPN 7, 2000 17

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