Integrated management of Meloidogyne incognita on tomato using combinations of abamectin, Purpureocillium lilacinum, rhizobacteria, and botanicals compared with nematicide

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 2 Percentage of mortality in second-stage juveniles of Meloiodogyne incognita after exposure to abamectin, emmectin benzoate, colocynth, marigold, rhizobacteria, and fungus for different time intervals

Treatments	Percentage mortality in *Meloiodogyne incognita* J2 after different time intervals (days)
Treatments	One	Two	Three	Five	Seven	Ten
Negative control (distilled water)	0.20f	1.20e	1.80f	2.40e	2.80e	4.20e
Abamectin	26.80a	57.00a	75.20a	83.40a	91.60a	96.80a
Emmectin benzoate	19.60b	37.20b	46.00c	76.20b	82.80b	91.40b
Colocynth, *Citrullus colocynthis*	16.80bc	27.00c	45.20c	73.40b	80.80b	89.80bc
Moringa, *Moringa oleifera*	13.40cd	20.00d	38.80de	53.20d	71.60c	87.40c
Marigold, *Tagetes erecta*	12.20d	19.00d	33.20e	51.40d	63.40d	81.40d
Rhizobacteria, *Serratia* and *Pseudomonas*	17.60b	29.00c	42.60cd	68.60c	84.20b	91.60b
Fungus, *Purpureocillium lilacinum*	4.60e	19.20d	56.20b	82.40a	97.20a	100.00a

Reported numbers represent the means of 5 replicates
Different letters in the same column indicate significant differences (P ≤ 0.05) according to Duncan’s multiple range test
\( \mathsf{Mortality}\ \left(\%\right)=\frac{\mathsf{Dead}\ \mathsf{juveniles}\kern0.75em }{\mathsf{Total}\ \mathsf{number}\ \mathsf{of}\ \mathsf{juveniles}}\times \mathsf{100} \)