How do you measure root knot nematode damage in Bacopa moneri

Question

Bacopa is a creeper having suckers instead of roots. How to measure the damage of bacopa as it dos not satisfy the Srienhorst equation for the measurement om 0-5 scale.

Answer 1

First of all you have written the species name wrong. It is not bacoma moneri but monnieri

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If Bacopa monnieri does not have roots ( invasive plants with suckers),  then how can we apply the Srienhorst equation (0-5 scale). the equation applies to root measurement. I am just wondering how then in case of BACOPA m. This applies to plants  with roots and are mostly garden plants where roots are found destroyed ( as parasites) by root knot nemotides.

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