Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 5 Effect of algal treatments of cucumber Hesham hybrid compared with control and Rugby nematicide on the galls, egg masses, eggs, rate of buildup, and number of larvae in infested soil with root-knot nematodes in 2016 and 2017 seasons

From: Algal application as a biological control method of root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita on cucumber under protected culture conditions and its impact on yield and fruit quality

Treatments	2016						2017
Treatments	No. of larvae in 100 g Soil	No. of galls/root system	No. of egg mass/root system	No. of egg/egg mass	No. eggs/root system	Reproduction factor (RF)	No. of larvae in 100 g Soil	No. of galls/root system	No. of egg mass/root system	No. of eggs/egg mass	No. of eggs/egg system	Reproduction factor (RF)
Control	14,622	409	112	39	4368	1.035	14,516	345	198	40	7920	1.05
Rugby 10G	3890	48	21	6	126	0.275	4294	55	26	7	182	0.31
Spirulina spray	13,751	301	98	32	3136	0.97	13,909	291	105	37	3885	1.01
Spirulina drench	7396	128	62	28	1736	0.52	8277	150	72	27	1944	0.60
Amphora spray	13,800	254	87	26	2262	0.98	13,472	277	98	33	3234	0.98
Amphora drench	5373	149	53	22	1166	0.38	7178	112	43	19	988	0.52
Spirulina spray + drench	8400	126	56	19	1064	0.59	8184	132	52	30	1290	0.59
Amphora spray + drench	5940	77	33	9	297	0.42	6127	98	29	8	232	0.45
LSD at t _0.05	1682	33	20	5	78	0.14	1509.6	26	17	4	89	0.15

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