Table 1 Treatments for controlling root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita, infecting eggplants cv. Baladi, and root rot disease under field conditions

2. Bacillus thuringiensis Bt

2 × 10⁶ CFU/ml

20 ml/of the suspension/hill at planting

3. NPK

150 N unit/Feddan

Soil treatment at planting

4. Trichoderma harzianum

10⁴ CFU/ml

10 ml of the filtrate/hill, at planting

5. Oxamyl*

6 ml/L. 24% liquid

Foliar spraying, two times. The first 1 week after plants emerged and the second 15 days from the first spraying

6. Chicken manure

10 Tons/feddan (2.5 kg/m²)

Thoroughly mixed with the soil before seeds were sown