INTERACTION BETWEEN ROOT-KNOT NEMATODE AND FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM IN FABA BEAN

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Plant Pathology Department, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

Abstract

The effect of sequential and concomitant inoculation with Fuson-urn oxysporum Sclecnt. f.sp. Woo Yu and Fong, and Meloidogyne incog­nita (Kofoid & White) Chitwood, at two different levels of nematode in­festation on two cultivars of faba bean (Vida faba L.) was studied. Synergistic interaction occurred between the pathogens both in con­comitant and sequential inoculations, resulting in a significant reduction in plant growth. The wilt disease development was significantly higher when nem­atode is followed by the pathogenic fungus as well as in concomitant in­oculations with both pathogen, when compared with the reverse se­quence of nematode and fungus.