Nematicidal Effects of Datura innoxia and Sophora alopecuroides from Balochistan for Environmental-friendly Control of Plant Parasitic Nematodes

Author: Noreen Khan*,**, Bibi Shagufta**, Shahina Fayyaz***, Salma Javed***, Saima Maher*, Shazia Iqbal* and Nelofer Jamil*

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Abstract

The plants extracts are becoming more popular for ecofriendly control of plant parasitic nematodes because of increasing environmental pollution arising due to persistent pesticides especially including POPs (persistent organic pollutants). These are the major threat to the environment, human lives, beneficial microbes in soil and to the underground body water. There is a need for adopting environmentally-friendly remedies such as plant extractsas an alternative for controlling plant parasitic nematodes. Balochistan is a rich region of Pakistan in floral variety with a broad range of biological value, though no encouraging effort has been made yet in this region, to evaluate botanical-nematocide. Therefore Datura innoxia, Sophora alopecuroides collected from Balochistan were screened for their nematicidal activities against Meloidogyne incognita. The ethanol extracts of the said plants were tested for egg hatchability and nematicidal effects on the second stage juveniles of M. incogni

Keywords

Meloidogyne incognita, Datura innoxia, Sophora alopecuroides, juveniles, Balochistan, environmentally-friendly

Conclusion

The plants extracts are becoming more popular for ecofriendly control of plant parasitic nematodes because of increasing environmental pollution arising due to persistent pesticides especially including POPs (persistent organic pollutants). These are the major threat to the environment, human lives, beneficial microbes in soil and to the underground body water. There is a need for adopting environmentally-friendly remedies such as plant extractsas an alternative for controlling plant parasitic nematodes. Balochistan is a rich region of Pakistan in floral variety with a broad range of biological value, though no encouraging effort has been made yet in this region, to evaluate botanical-nematocide. Therefore Datura innoxia, Sophora alopecuroides collected from Balochistan were screened for their nematicidal activities against Meloidogyne incognita. The ethanol extracts of the said plants were tested for egg hatchability and nematicidal effects on the second stage juveniles of M. incogni

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Noreen Khan, Bibi Shagufta, Shahina Fayyaz, Salma Javed, Saima Maher, Shazia Iqbal and Nelofer Jamil (2018). Nematicidal Effects of Datura innoxia and Sophora alopecuroides from Balochistan for Environmental-friendly Control of Plant Parasitic Nematodes