Abstract
Highest (65 per cent) wilt incidence and reduction in fresh plant weight was recorded when sugarcane plants were inoculated with nematodes and wilt fungiFusarium sacchari andAcremonium implicatum) together. The next higher wilt incidence was observed in cane plants grown in wilt sick soil and also inoculated with nematodes (1000/pot). The findings led to conclude aggravated wilt incidence in presence of good population of plant parasitic nematodes around the roots of sugarcane plants. Yellowing of foliage was initial symptom followed by drying of plants after 6 months of infection.
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