IN VIVO PARASITISM OF MELOIDOGYNE JAVANICA BY AN OVIPARASITIC FUNGUS, PAECILOMYCES LILACINUS

Abstract

Observation on in vivo parasitism of Meloidogyne javanica by Paecilomyces lilacinus revealed that the fungus infected the egg masses, engulfed the eggs, penetrated and proliferated within them by consuming the egg contents of the nematode.