Impact of castor meal on root-knot and free-living nematodes

Soil amendment may enhance soil quality as well as reduce plant-parasitic nematode. Despite the many applications already undertaken using castor meal, its efficiency in controlling root-knot nematodes (RKN, Meloidogyne incognita) when applied to melon (Cucumis melo) is still not clear. Three differ...

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Main Authors: Cecilia Helena Silvino Prata Ritzinger, Paul De Ley, Antoon Teunis Ploeg, Robert McSorley, Irma Tandingan De Ley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-08-01
Series:Scientia Agricola
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162014000400003&lng=en&tlng=en