Abstract
An increase in the inoculum level of root‐knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita and the reniform nematode, Rotylenchulus reniformis resulted in a relative decrease in plant growth parameters of chickpea. Consequently water absorption capability of roots was impaired. M. incognita caused greater reduction than R. reniformis at the same inoculum level. In concomitant inoculation of M. incognita and R. reniformis there was greater suppression in plant growth of chickpea. The suppression in concomitant inoculations was less than the sum of the suppression caused by the same levels of inoculations of the individual species. The multiplication rate of the nematodes decreased as the inoculum level increased. The results also suggest competition for feeding sites between the two nematode species. The multiplication rate of one species progressively decrease with the increase in the inoculum levels of the other nematode.
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