Root-knot nematode Meloidogyne arenaria (Neal) Chitwood - a new pest of jute in North Bengal [India]
1987
Mishra, C. | Das, L.K. (Jute Agricultural Research Inst., Barrackpore (India))
Life cycle of the pest was completed by 28 days at the earliest. During this period galls on large roots and plant base revealed that nematode development was slower there. Many larvae were yet in 4th stage and females inside them laid fewer number of eggs. This indicated that pressure exerted by hard root tissue on nematode larvae retarded their development and fecundity
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