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The root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita is a serious pest of semiarid fruit crops like pomegranate and fig which primarily cause galls on root system that eventually are seriously hampered in their main functions of uptake and transport of water and nutrients, reduced plant growth, and productivity. In recent years, pomegranate wilt complex caused by the association of the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita and the fungus Ceratocystis fimbriata is becoming an important disease which results in complete wilting of plant. The nematode distribution, crop losses, symptoms, biology and life cycle, spread, and management using cultural, chemical, biological, and integrated methods are discussed in this chapter.
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Reddy, P.P. (2021). Semiarid Fruit Crops. In: Nematode Diseases of Crops and their Management. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3242-6_10
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