Characterization of root knot nematode- fungal disease complex of pomegranate isolated from Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu, India

This study was aimed at identifying the root knot nematode, Meloidogyne species and the fungal organism that cause wilt disease in pomegranate. Based on the morphological means using posterior cuticular pattern and molecular characterization using internal transcribed spacer (TW81-AB28) region tools, the root knot nematode was identified as M. incognita.