of Meloidogyne graminicola to different rice varieties and to different soil amendments when
applied with and without NPK fertilizer in young rice plants. … Meloidogyne graminicola, the
root-knot nematode is an obligate parasite of rice, Oryza sativa. This nematode has been
reported in major paddy growing areas in Sri Lanka such as Galle, Udawalawe, Ratnapura,
Polonnaruwa, Kurunegala, Moneragala, Ampara, Mahaweli system B (Ekanayake, 2001a) …