Root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid and White) is one of the most destructive plant parasitic nematode species in almost all agriculture horticulture crops Sri Lanka. Biologically sound controlling measures against this has been attempted from long past with ambiguous efficacy. This paper highlights nemato-toxic potential crude leaf extract Annona glabra, extracellular metabolites...

In this study, the function of a non-ribosomal peptide synthetase-like (NRPS-like) encoding gene AOL_s00188g306 ( g306 ) was investigated to reveal association between NRPS and nematocidal activity in nematode-trapping fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora . Sequence analysis indicated that encoded product is an adenylation domain synthetases extended short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase domain-contain...

Hirsutella minnesotensis [Ophiocordycipitaceae (Hypocreales, Ascomycota)] is a dominant endoparasitic fungus by using conidia that adhere to and penetrate the secondary stage juveniles of soybean cyst nematode. Its genome was de novo sequenced and compared with five entomopathogenic fungi in the Hypocreales and three nematode-trapping fungi in the Orbiliales (Ascomycota). The genome of H. minne...

Hyphae of Dactylella oviparasitica proliferated rapidly through MeIoidogyne egg masses, and appressoria formed when they contacted eggs. The fungus probably penetrated egg shells mechanically, although chitinase production detected in culture suggested that enzymatic penetration was also possible. In soil, D. oviparasitica invaded egg masses soon after they were deposited on the root surface an...

Hirsutella rhossiliensis OWVT-1 has substantial potential as a biocontrol agent against plant-parasitic nematodes. Serine proteases have emerged as a potentially useful factor in the nematode-fungus interactions. When grown in liquid culture with the nematode Panagrellus redivivus as the sole nitrogen source, an extracellular alkaline protease (Hasp) was produced by the OWVT-1. The purified Has...

A filamentous, nonsporulating fungus, designated Arkansas Fungus 18 (ARF18), was isolated from 9 of 95 populations of Heterodera glycines, the soybean cyst nematode, in Arkansas. In petri dishes, ARF18 parasitized 89% of H. glycines eggs in cysts. The fungus also infected eggs of Meloidogyne incognita and eggs in cysts of Cactodera betulae, H. graminophila, H. lespedezae, H. leuceilyma, H. scha...

biological control of tomato root-knot nematode, meloidogyne javanica, by the isolate bi of trichoderma harzianum was evaluated in greenhouse and laboratory conditions in tomato cv. king stone. effects of fungal spore suspensions in various densities (103 to 108 spore/ml) were studied on different disease intensities (average of gall diameters, average of root weight and average of stem weight)...