Abstract
Root-knot disease of mulberry is caused by the nematode Meloidogyne incognita. It has important economic implications for sericulture. The homeopathic medicines, Cina mother tincture (MT) and potentised Cina 200C, prepared from the flowering meristems of Artemisia nilagirica (Clarke) Pamp, were applied by foliar spray on mulberry (Morus alba L.) infected with M. incognita juveniles (J2). Pretreatment (ending 6 days before inoculation) and post-treatment (starting 6 days after inoculation) schedules were tested. The two uninoculated control batches were treated with the same procedure with Cina MT and Cina 200C. Both pre- and post-treatment significantly reduced nematode infection in terms of root gall number and nematode population in root. All the treated plants showed improved growth in terms of fresh biomass of shoot and root, length of shoot and root, number of leaves, leaf surface area, root and leaf-protein content. Cina 200C is more effective than Cina MT in all respects of nematode control as well as growth of the test plants. Pretreatments show slightly better effects than the post-treatments. It is interesting that inoculated and treated plants not only are less affected by nematodes but also have a better growth than uninoculated, untreated control.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Pretreatment significantly reduced root gall number and root nematode population.
- Taxon
- mulberryt0
- Treatment
- pre-e0
- Interactor
- M. incognita
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Meloidogyne incognitae1pathogen - Outcome
- root gall number and nematode population in roote0
- Direction
- reducede0
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Verbatim
e0“Both pre- and post-treatment significantly reduced nematode infection in terms of root gall number and nematode population in root.”
t0“mulberry”
e1“mulberry (Morus alba L.) infected with M. incognita juveniles (J2)”
Claim · model-written summary
Post-treatment significantly reduced root gall number and root nematode population.
- Taxon
- mulberryt0
- Treatment
- post-treatmente0
- Interactor
- M. incognitaMeloidogyne incognitae1pathogen
- Outcome
- root gall number and nematode population in roote0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Both pre- and post-treatment significantly reduced nematode infection in terms of root gall number and nematode population in root.”
t0“mulberry”
e1“mulberry (Morus alba L.) infected with M. incognita juveniles (J2)”
Claim · model-written summary
Treated mulberry had improved shoot and root fresh biomass and shoot length.
- Taxon
- mulberryt0
- Treatment
- treatede0
- Outcome
- fresh biomass of shoot and root, length of shoote0
- Direction
- improvede0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“All the treated plants showed improved growth in terms of fresh biomass of shoot and root, length of shoot and root, number of leaves, leaf surface area, root and leaf-protein content.”
t0“mulberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Treated mulberry had improved root length, leaf number and leaf surface area.
- Taxon
- mulberryt0
- Treatment
- treatede0
- Outcome
- length of shoot and root, number of leaves, leaf surface areae0
- Direction
- improvede0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“All the treated plants showed improved growth in terms of fresh biomass of shoot and root, length of shoot and root, number of leaves, leaf surface area, root and leaf-protein content.”
t0“mulberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Treated mulberry had improved root and leaf protein content.
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“All the treated plants showed improved growth in terms of fresh biomass of shoot and root, length of shoot and root, number of leaves, leaf surface area, root and leaf-protein content.”
t0“mulberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Cina 200C was more effective than Cina MT for nematode control and plant growth.
Verbatim
e0“Cina 200C is more effective than Cina MT in all respects of nematode control as well as growth of the test plants.”
t0“mulberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Pretreatments had slightly better effects than post-treatments.
Verbatim
e0“Pretreatments show slightly better effects than the post-treatments.”
t0“mulberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculated treated mulberry grew better than uninoculated untreated controls.
Verbatim
e0“inoculated and treated plants not only are less affected by nematodes but also have a better growth than uninoculated, untreated control.”
t0“mulberry”
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