Treatments Length (cm) Fresh weight (g) Dry weight (g) Yield (g) % var. No. Of females % var. Shoot % var. Root % var. Shoot % var. Root % var. Shoot % var. Root % var. T1 25.4 47.41 12.6 47.5 19.5 39.45 11.4 48.87 10.3 51.86 7.4 48.96 142.5 42.12 51.1 9.96 T2 32.3 33.12 16.7 30.41 23.3 27.63 15.2 31.83 16.5 22.89 10.5 27.58 180.7 26.60 39.7 30.59 T3 29.2 39.54 14.4 40.0 21.4 33.54 13.6 39.01 12.2 42.99 9.6 33.79 160.8 34.68 45.4 20.62 T4 27.3 43.47 13.8 42.5 20.1 37.57 12.1 45.73 12.4 42.05 8.2 43.44 152.5 38.05 48.6 15.03 T5 35.1 27.32 17.3 27.91 25.2 21.73 15.4 30.94 16.7 21.96 11.3 22.06 190.8 22.50 36.4 36.37 T6 30.5 37.68 15.6 35.0 22.4 30.43 13.7 38.56 14.4 32.71 9.8 32.41 165.9 48.50 42.7 25.34 T7 38.0 21.32 19.4 19.17 27.2 15.52 16.5 26.00 18.1 15.42 10.5 27.58 200.6 18.52 33.2 41.95 T8 42.4 12.21 22.5 6.2 29.3 9.00 19.3 13.45 20.0 6.54 12.7 12.41 233.4 5.19 23.4 59.09 T9 41.2 14.69 20.6 14.16 28.4 11.80 17.4 21.97 19.3 9.81 11.4 21.37 212.7 13.60 27.3 52.27 T10 48.3 ------ 24.0 ------ 32.2 ----- 22.3 ----- 21.4 ------ 14.5 ------ 246.2 ------- ----- 100  T11 20.5 57.53 11.4 52.5 16.5 48.75 9.7 56.50 8.3 61.21 6.2 57.24 128.9 57.2 57.2 ----- LSD (P=0.05%) 1.92   1.68   1.43   1.36   1.28   1.23   1.48   1.81

Table 1: Effect of oil cakes alone and combination with P.chlamydosporia and carbofuran on plant growth characters of brinjal cv.Neelam against Meloidogyne javanica. Values are mean of four replicates, Initial inoculum level = 1000 second stage juveniles of M. javanica /pot, % var.= percent variation.