TY - JOUR AU - Débia, Paula Juliana Grotto AU - Bolanho, Beatriz Cervejeira AU - Dias-Arieira, Claudia Regina PY - 2020 DA - 2020/12/24 TI - Mineral composition of beetroot treated with potential elicitors and inoculated with Meloidogyne javanica JO - Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture SP - 30 VL - 7 IS - 1 AB - The root-knot nematode Meloidogyne javanica can infect beetroots, causing extensive damage to this food crop. As chemical and genetic control tactics have shown limited efficacy, new strategies are needed to improve the integrated management of this parasite. This study assessed the influence of potential defence elicitors and M. javanica infection on the mineral composition of beetroot. Plants were treated with acibenzolar-S-methyl (ASM), citrus biomass, or a mannanoligosaccharide-based product (MOS) and inoculated with 1000 eggs and second-stage juveniles of M. javanica. At 60 days after inoculation, beetroot plants were harvested and evaluated for nematode population density, vegetative growth, and mineral content. SN - 2196-5641 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40538-020-00196-2 DO - 10.1186/s40538-020-00196-2 ID - Débia2020 ER -