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    <journal-meta>

      <journal-title>Journal of Biological Sciences</journal-title>

      <issn pub-type="ppub">1727-3048</issn>

      <issn pub-type="epub">1812-5719</issn>

      <publisher>

        <publisher-name>Asian Network for Scientific Information</publisher-name>

      </publisher>

    </journal-meta>


    <article-meta>

      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3923/jbs.2001.139.142</article-id>


      <title-group>

        <article-title><![CDATA[Evaluation of the Combined Effects of <I>Paecilomyces lilacinus </I>and <I>Trichoderma harzianum </I>Against Root-knot Disease of Tomato]]></article-title>

      </title-group>


      <contrib-group>

        <contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple">


          <name name-style="western">

            <surname>Khan</surname>

            <given-names>Hafeez Ullah</given-names>

          </name>


          <name name-style="western">

            <surname>Ahmad</surname>

            <given-names>Riaz</given-names>

          </name>


          <name name-style="western">

            <surname>Ahmed</surname>

            <given-names>Waqar</given-names>

          </name>


          <name name-style="western">

            <surname>Khan</surname>

            <given-names>S.M.</given-names>

          </name>


          <name name-style="western">

            <surname>Khan</surname>

            <given-names>M. Aslam</given-names>

          </name>


        </contrib>

      </contrib-group>


      <pub-date pub-type="collection">


        <month>3</month>




        <year>2001</year>

      </pub-date>


      <volume>1</volume>

      <issue>3</issue>


      <abstract><![CDATA[<p>The addition of <I>Paecilomyces lilacinus </I>and <I>Trichoderma harzianum 
        </I>as nematophagous fungi separately along with organic substrate to 
        the infested soil, sufficiently retarded the pathogenic activity of <I>Meloidogyne 
        incognita. </I>Addition of <I>Paecilomyces lilacinus </I>and <I>Trichoderma 
        harzianum </I>in combination amended with organic substrate gave the effective 
        control of root-knot nematodes population thus reduced root-knot disease 
        and increased plant vigour.</p>]]></abstract>


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