The application of tobacco residue increased the root-knot index
of tomato compared to the traditional practices by24.00%, while the
single control strategy aggravated nematode diseases on tomato
plants (Fig. 5). However, the integrated control of tobacco residues
with crown daisy significantly decreased by 56.00% the tomato
root-knot index compared to the system of traditional practices.
Therefore, the integrated control management displayed potential
as a control strategy for reducing nematode diseases in crops.