| The objective of this study was to evaluate the antagonistic property of fungi P.Chonia chlamydosporia var. catenulata (P.c.c.), Metarhizium anisopliae, Beauveria bassiana and Paecillomyces lilacinus. against egg mass of root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita). The fungi P.c.c. isolate EYT 35-09 and B. bassiana isolate UD 2 showed colonizing ability with scores of 2.75, while M. anisopliae 222 expressed score of 2.5. The fungal isolate tested were investigated quantitatively on chitinase and protease activities. The results revealed that M. anisopliae 222 exhibited high proteolytic activity (36.77 unit) and high chitinolytic activity (57.94 unit) which significantly different (P<0.01) among isolates tested. This study therefore suggests that the... |
