Table 5.
Incidence of M. graminicola on different alternate hosts.
| Sr # | Local name | Botanical name | Juveniles /root sample | Juveniles/soil sample | Stylet bearing nematodes | Non-stylet bearing nematodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Della | Cyperus rotundus | 826.6 bc | 145.6 b | 11.2 de | 6.6 b |
| 2 | Madhana Grass | Dactyloctenium aegyptium | 700.8 cd | 100.0 de | 11.2 de | 4.4 cd |
| 3 | Barnyard grass | Echinochloa crusgalli, | 4914.6 a | 424.0 a | 29.6 a | 9.4 a |
| 4 | False Daisy | Eclipta alba | 646.0 d | 100.6 de | 22.4 b | 6.4 bc |
| 5 | Knotgrass | Paspalum distchum | 494.2 e | 91.2 e | 14.6 cd | 5.4 bcd |
| 6 | Toothed Dock | Rumex dentatus | 783.8 cd | 121.0 cd | 23.0 b | 4.6 bcd |
| 7 | Jangli gai | Avena fatua, | 776.2 cd | 101.6 de | 18.8 bc | 5.0 bcd |
| 8 | Dumbi Sitti | Phalaris minor | 942.8 b | 129.4 bc | 8.4 e | 4.0 d |
| 9 | Cauliflower | Brassica oleracea | 142.2 f | 43.4 g | 10.6 de | 3.4 d |
| 10 | Coriander | Coriandrum sativum L. | 143.8 f | 85.4 ef | 10.2 de | 3.6 d |
| 11 | Maithi | Trigonella foenum-graecum L. | 178.6 f | 64.4 fg | 7.6 e | 5.2 bcd |
Note: The means followed by the same letters in a column are not significantly different by LS D test (p = 0.05 level).