Managing soil borne nematodes using soil solarization and neem broadcasting through radionics computer

Abstract

Soils are being cultivated under different crops. They are contaminated with microorganisms especially nematodes causing different diseases like root knots, these diseases negatively affect the plant, by reducing their quality and yields. Controlling nematodes with chemical nematicides affect the environment and increase the toxicity. The nematodes can be managed using soil solarization process, which is effective but time-consuming procedure. In this study, two types of nematodes, Heterodera spp. and Meloidogyne spp. were found in the soil samples of the study areas having almost the same population in all treatment plots. Neem and solarization were applied to the study area according to the plan. Soil solarization was applied to treatment I, neem as nematicide was broadcast through radionics computer to treatment plot II, and in the treatment plot III both (neem and solarization) was applied; control treatment plot was IV (no treatment of neem + solarization). The nematode mortality rate was 100% within 2 weeks in only neem (treatment II) was applied and 7 weeks in solarization (treatment I) was applied. Interestingly, it took three weeks’ time in neem + solarization (treatment III) for 100% nematode mortality. Therefore, treatment II, resulted in 100% nematode mortality in two weeks, which saved time, water, cost of plastic sheet, and labor expenditures. Radionics-also called electromagnetic therapy, is a form of alternative medicine that claims that disease can be diagnosed and treated by applying electromagnetic radiation, such as radio waves, to the body from an electrically powered device. In this way, a trained and competent practitioner can discover the cause of disease within any living system, be it a human being, an animal, a plant, or the soil itself.