Department of Botany, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Research Article
Effect of Combined Inoculation of Xanthomonas and Meloidogyne Pathogens on the Development of Tomato Root Knot Disease
Author(s): Musarrat Ramzan Arain*, Muhammad Naveed Aslam, Shaista Jabeen, Samina Akram, Qaiser Shakeel, Naila Sarwar and Atia Iqbal
Bacteria (Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria) and root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) independently can
damage and cause considerable damage to tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.). In a disease complex, interrelationship
of 2 or more pathogenic species can produce different symptoms on the same host plant. Generally simultaneous
occurrence of these pathogens in a field can infect hosts plant at the same time. During development of a disease
complex pathogens could influence and/or suppress each other, through synergism and or antagonism respectively.
In this study the pathogens (Meloidogyne incognita and Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria), were used to determine
how co-occurrence affects development of pathogens and disease severity, and define prerequisites for interrelation
between pathogens.
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