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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Agron.
Sec. Disease Management
Volume 6 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fagro.2024.1464111

Pleurotus ostreatus is a potential biological control agent of root-knot nematodes in eggplant (Solanum melongena)

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Betty Nyangwire Betty Nyangwire 1,2Walter Ocimati Walter Ocimati 3ANTHONY TAZUBA ANTHONY TAZUBA 3,4Guy Blomme Guy Blomme 5Alfred Alumai Alfred Alumai 1Francis Onyilo Francis Onyilo 6*
  • 1 Department of Crop Science, Muni University, P.O. Box 725,, Arua, Uganda
  • 2 Nematology Department, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35 9000 Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
  • 3 Bioversity International, P.O. Box 24384,, Kampala, Uganda
  • 4 Department of Bio molecular Resources and Bio lab Sciences, School of Biosecurity Biotechnical & Laboratory Sciences, Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062,, Kampala, Uganda
  • 5 Bioversity International, C/o ILRI, P.O. Box 5689,, Addis Ababa,, Ethiopia
  • 6 Department of Sciences , Lira University P. O. Box 1035, Lira, Uganda

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    The management of root-knot nematodes has predominantly been based on use of chemicals, which are detrimental to the environment and human health. Biological control provides alternative management. This study evaluated the potential of using Pleurotus ostreatus, an edible mushroom species to control Meloidogyne spp. in eggplants.In vitro, the mortality of juveniles (J2) of Meloidogyne spp. were assessed i) P. ostreatus -water suspension with actively growing mycelia, and ii) different dilutions of P. ostreatus PDB broth culture filtrates. In the screen house nematicidal potential of P. ostreatus was tested on eggplants using artificially inoculated soils in a screen house. To attain this, juveniles (J2) of

    Keywords: biological, Meloidogyne spp., Pleurotus ostreatus, Eggplants, mushroom substrate Font: Not Italic Font: Italic Formatted: Font: Not Italic Font: Italic Formatted: Font: Italic Formatted: Font: Not Italic Font: Italic Formatted: Font: Italic Formatted: Font: Italic Formatted: Font: Not Italic

    Received: 13 Jul 2024; Accepted: 04 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Nyangwire, Ocimati, TAZUBA, Blomme, Alumai and Onyilo. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Francis Onyilo, Department of Sciences , Lira University P. O. Box 1035, Lira, Uganda

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