DAMAGES CAUSED FOR Meloidogyne javânica (TREUB 1885) Chitwood, 1949 ON CULTURE OF TREE TOMATO, Cyphomandra Betacea

Abstract

The trial was realized in Dr. Francisco Maeda University area, in the city of Ituverava, state of São Paulo. The objective of this work was to evaluate the damage of five different densities population of the nematode Meloidogyne javanica in Cyphomandra betacea plants. The tests were realized in pots were inoculated 0, 10, 100, 1.000, 10.000 e 100.000 eggs per plant. The trial was conducted in the period of 01.05.2003 to 01.11.2003. During the test was measuring the height of the plants were collected in fresh matter weight of shoots, fresh weight of roots and applied note of infestation of galls on roots. The experimental delineation used was the complete randon design (CRD), with the averages compared with Tukey test, at 5% of probability. The results showed that during the test, the nematodes have taken whole the entire root system of the plant, reducing the growth capacity of the same. The shoot has virtually no differences between treatments and control.