412952

Biochar Addition to Soil as Eco-Friendly Approach for Controlling Peanut Root-lesion Infecting Nematode

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Last updated: 25 Feb 2025

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Plant Pathology

Abstract

Biochar, produced through pyrolysis of organic materials, has shown potential in improving soil properties and reducing population density of plant parasitic nematodes. Biochar prepared from rice straw, moringa wood and mango bushes were applied in vitro at various concentrations (1, 3 and 5%) against Pratylenchus penetrans. Results indicated that biochar types had significant effect on nematode mortality, the mortality rate increased with increasing the concentration and exposure period. Rice straw biochar had the highest effect on suppressing P. penetrans at concentration 5% for 72h (%90), followed by moringa wood (%86.33) then mango bush (%65.67). In vivo, the highest concentration of biochar was used. Rice straw biochar had the highest effect. It reduced the root lesion and population density of P. penetrans infecting peanut seedlings (%39.50) and (418.88), followed by moringa wood (%59.25) and (497.77) mango bushes came last with (%77.77) and (543.33). The use of biochar also led to an increase in plant height and root weight compared to the control infected (only nematode) and control healthy (without nematode). These findings suggest that biochar from these plant sources could serve as an eco-friendly alternative for nematode management in peanut cultivation. Future research should focus on optimizing biochar and application techniques to enhance its efficiency in sustainable peanut production.

DOI

10.21608/ajas.2025.336082.1427

Keywords

Biochar rice, Mango, Moringa, Nematode infection scale, Pratylenchus penetrants

Authors

First Name

Alaa

Last Name

El-Ladgha

MiddleName

G. H.

Affiliation

Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

Email

alaa.g.hassan@agr.aun.edu.eg

City

Assiut

Orcid

0009-0002-5858-4267

First Name

Abd-El-Moneim

Last Name

Amein

MiddleName

M. H.

Affiliation

Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

Email

abdelmoneam.hasanian@arg.au.edu.eg

City

Assiut

Orcid

0009-0002-5858-4267

First Name

Aida

Last Name

El-Zawahry

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

Email

aaelzawahry@yahoo.com

City

Assiut

Orcid

0009-0002-5858-4267

First Name

Ameer

Last Name

Elfarash

MiddleName

E.

Affiliation

Department of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

Email

aelfarash@aun.edu.eg

City

Assiut

Orcid

0000-0002-3439-9350

First Name

Hadeel

Last Name

Bagy

MiddleName

M. M. K.

Affiliation

Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

Email

hadel_magdy@aun.edu.eg

City

Assiut

Orcid

0000-0002-7732-7250

Volume

56

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

52760

Issue Date

2025-01-01

Receive Date

2024-11-14

Publish Date

2025-01-13

Page Start

147

Page End

156

Print ISSN

1110-0486

Online ISSN

2356-9840

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412,952

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Original Article

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62

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Journal

Publication Title

Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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https://ajas.journals.ekb.eg/

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Biochar Addition to Soil as Eco-Friendly Approach for Controlling Peanut Root-lesion Infecting Nematode

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Article

Created At

25 Feb 2025