Survey report on occurrence of root knot disease in winged bean

Abstract

Winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) is of rapidly increasing interest as a high-protein multipurpose crop; in the future the winged bean could become as important as the soybean in world agriculture, with the added bonus of yielding substantial quantities of edible, high-protein root tubers. During the survey of root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne species) on vegetable crops in Uttar Pradesh (India), it was observed that winged bean was restricted to home gardens and backyard cultivation where it was found severe galling of roots and reduces tuber production and may affect pod and seed yield. Sometimes leaf anthracnose disease was also observed but it does not cause severe loss to the crop.

Keywords:

• winged bean
• occurrence
• root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne species)
• survey