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Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 4 Effect of different combinations of integrated control measures on the number of guava, Psidium guajava, fruits

From: Integrated management of plant-parasitic nematodes on guava and fig trees under tropical field conditions

Treatment

Number of fruits/tree

1st yield

Mars–May 2016

2nd yield

Nov. 2016–Jan. 2017

P. lilacinum + P. penetrans + chicken manure

86.75 a

64.25 a

V. chlamydosporium + P. penetrans + chicken manure

81.00 b

45.50 c

T. harzianum + P. penetrans + chicken manure

53.25 d

36.25 d

P. lilacinum + P. penetrans + cow manure

27.50 f

25.00 gh

V. chlamydosporium + P. penetrans + cow manure

21.75 ghi

45.00 c

T. harzianum + P. penetrans + cow manure

22.50 gh

34.00 e

P. lilacinum + P. penetrans + compost

23.50 g

24.25 hi

V. chlamydosporium + P. penetrans + compost

20.25 i

27.25 fg

T. harzianum + P. penetrans + compost

20.50 i

35.75 de

P. lilacinum + P. penetrans + urea 46%

50.25 i

36.75 d

V. chlamydosporium + P. penetrans + urea 46%

44.50 e

22.00 i

T. harzianum + P. penetrans + urea 46%

45.75 e

29.25 f

Carbofuran 10G

70.25 c

52.75 b

Nematode control

16.75 j

19.50 j

LSD0.05 between treatments

2.44

LSD0.05 between time

2.35

LSD0.05 between treatments × time

8.82

  1. Data are average of four replicates (trees) each
  2. Values followed by the same letter(s) in a column are not significantly different at P ≤ 0.05
  3. P. lilacinum = Purpureocillium lilacinum, P. penetrans = Pasteuria penetrans, V. chlamydosporium = Verticillium chlamydosporium, T. harzianum = Trichoderma harzianum
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