Symptoms

• Infected plants show yellowing, stunting, poor vigour and pod formation. Several crops like pigeonpea, cowpea, mungbean, soybean, black gram and sesame are seriously damaged by the nematode.
• At seedling stage of plant, pearl-like or lemon-shaped white female can be found attached with roots.

Management

• Summer ploughing of fields during hot months.
• Crop rotation with non host crops for 2-3 years.
• Soil application Pseudomonas fluorescens or Trichoderma viride @ 2.5 kg/ha at the time of sowing.
• Seed treatment with Pseudomonas fluorescens and Trichoderma viride @ 5+5 g/kg seed.