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Aqueous Extracts of Organic Mulch Materials Have Nematicide and Repellent Effect on Meloidogyne incognita Infective Juveniles: A Laboratory Study

Renáta Petrikovszki
Renáta Petrikovszki
, 
Ferenc Tóth
Ferenc Tóth
 and 
Péter I Nagy
Péter I Nagy
   | Sep 01, 2023
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Article Category: Research Paper
Published Online: Sep 01, 2023
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Received: Jan 18, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jofnem-2023-0037
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Figure 1:

Representation of the sectors identified during the reading of the area choice test.
Representation of the sectors identified during the reading of the area choice test.

Figure 2:

Mortality rates (mean ± CI 95%) of Meloidogyne incognita juveniles of different concen-trations (0.1, 0.5, 1 and 5%) of various leaf litter, straw and compost extracts. (CI 95%: 95% of confidence interval) (One-way ANOVA, Tukey's pairwise comparisons (in the case of compost), Mann–Whitney U test; different letters in the same row indicate significant difference at p ≤ 0.05 level).
Mortality rates (mean ± CI 95%) of Meloidogyne incognita juveniles of different concen-trations (0.1, 0.5, 1 and 5%) of various leaf litter, straw and compost extracts. (CI 95%: 95% of confidence interval) (One-way ANOVA, Tukey's pairwise comparisons (in the case of compost), Mann–Whitney U test; different letters in the same row indicate significant difference at p ≤ 0.05 level).

Figure 3:

Area choice of Meloidogyne incognita juveniles with various leaf litter, straw and compost extracts (treated) and MQ-water (control). (Welch-test, p ≤ 0.05, p-value means that the number of M. incognita juveniles counted on the treated side is significantly different from that on the control side).
Area choice of Meloidogyne incognita juveniles with various leaf litter, straw and compost extracts (treated) and MQ-water (control). (Welch-test, p ≤ 0.05, p-value means that the number of M. incognita juveniles counted on the treated side is significantly different from that on the control side).

Tannic acid content of different concentrations of various leaf litter, straw, and compost extracts.

Tannic acid content (%)
Concentrations (%) 0 0.1 0.5 1 5
Extracts
Maple leaf litter n.d. 0.00521 0.02605 0.0521 0.2605
Oak leaf litter n.d. 0.00241 0.01205 0.0241 0.1205
Sycamore leaf litter n.d. 0.00209 0.01045 0.0209 0.1045
Walnut leaf litter n.d. 0.0008 0.004 0.008 0.04
Straw n.d. 0.00002 0.0001 0.0002 0.001
Compost n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.

Values (mean ± CI 95%) of pH of different concentrations of various leaf litter, straw, and compost extracts. (CI 95%: 95% of confidence interval).

pH value
Concentrations (%) 0 0.1 0.5 1 5
Extracts
Maple leaf litter 7.02 ± 0.04 5.33 ± 0.01 4.81 ± 0.02 4.78 ± 0.03 4.43 ± 0.03
Oak leaf litter 7.02 ± 0.04 5.95 ± 0.01 5.42 ± 0.02 5.23 ± 0.03 4.99 ± 0.03
Sycamore leaf litter 7.02 ± 0.04 6.42 ± 0.01 6.09 ± 0.03 5.36 ± 0.03 5.12 ± 0.02
Walnut leaf litter 7.02 ± 0.04 6.30 ± 0.01 6.63 ± 0.03 6.68 ± 0.03 6.21 ± 0.04
Straw 7.02 ± 0.04 6.37 ± 0.02 6.41 ± 0.04 6.44 ± 0.01 6.46 ± 0.03
Compost 7.02 ± 0.04 6.90 ± 0.01 7.29 ± 0.03 7.57 ± 0.03 7.79 ± 0.06

Correlation between the concentration, the tannic acid content, the pH of mulch-derived extracts and the percentage mortality of the juveniles of Meloidogyne incognita.

Extracts Concentration/Mortality Tannic acid/Mortality pH/Mortality
Maple leaf litter 0.732 0.732 0.785
Oak leaf litter 0.710 0.710 0.854
Sycamore leaf litter 0.919 0.919 0.766
Walnut leaf litter 0.718 0.718 0.495
Straw 0.982 0.982 0.267
Compost 0.522 0.108 0.495
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