Adjusting the root-knot nematode M. incognita population using abiotic or biotic factors such as animal manure, essential oils, colored plastic mulches and microbial agents i.e bacteria, fungi singly or mixed with synthetic nematicide has earned much more benefits in excreting nematode development and suppressing host damage of many host crops. However, results of the present work initiate the novel phenomenon in diminishing plant parasitic nematodes such as the root-knot nematode, M. incognita (the target of this work) and ameliorating plant growth criteria of such Malvaceae crops as hosts using the integration of colored plastic mulching technique and one component either as abiotic factor or biotic factors with the minimum dose of such synthetic nematicide.

Samir Borham Gad Lecturer of agricultural Zoology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University- holds a Bachelor of Agricultural Science from Plant Protection Division in 2005 with general grade Excellent - holds a master's degree in agricultural Zoology in 2008 - holds a doctorate degree in agricultural Zoology "Nematology" in 2012.