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Nematicidal effects of silver nanoparticles (AG-NPs) on the root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne javanica associated with Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris L.) Cover

Nematicidal effects of silver nanoparticles (AG-NPs) on the root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne javanica associated with Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris L.)

Helminthologia
Volume 60 (2023): Issue 2 (June 2023)
By: F. Daramola,  N. Lewu,  J. Nkiko and  F. Lewu  
Open Access
|Sep 2023

Figures & Tables

Fig. 1.

A – B: Root systems of infected Swiss chard plants showing root galls and egg masses of M. javanica. C: Galled roots with stained egg masses of infected Swiss chard as viewed under a stereomicroscope. egm=egg mass; g=galls.
A – B: Root systems of infected Swiss chard plants showing root galls and egg masses of M. javanica. C: Galled roots with stained egg masses of infected Swiss chard as viewed under a stereomicroscope. egm=egg mass; g=galls.

Fig. 2.

RKN infected Swiss chards showing pale coloured leaves.
RKN infected Swiss chards showing pale coloured leaves.

Effect of Ag-NP on the number of egg mass, juveniles, and reproduction of Meloidogyne javanica on Swiss chard_

Treatments (Ag-NP)Egg masses /root systemJuveniles/root systemReproduction factor RF (pf/pi)
Control254.14a29946.14a9.98a
1 μg/mL244.43ab28021.71a9.34a
2 μg/mL130.86ab13661.71ab4.55ab
3 μg/mL115.14b2909.71b0.92b

Pearson correlations between variables of M_ javanica reproduction and Ag-NP treatments_

VariablesTreatmentsEgg masses/root systemJuveniles/root systemReproduction factor (RF)
Treatments1
Egg masses/root system−.482**1
Juveniles/root system−.604**.781**1
Reproduction factor−.606**.780**1.000**1
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2023-0018 | Journal eISSN: 1336-9083 | Journal ISSN: 0440-6605
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Language: English
Page range: 189 - 195
Submitted on: Nov 10, 2022
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Accepted on: May 30, 2023
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Published on: Sep 22, 2023
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Parasitology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Nanoparticles,
Root-knot nematode,
Swiss chard,
Vegetables
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Zoology,
Ecology,
Life sciences, other,
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Microbiology, virology and infection epidemiology

© 2023 F. Daramola, N. Lewu, J. Nkiko, F. Lewu, published by Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Parasitology
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