17 articles in this issue
Q. Tahseen, S. J. Mehdi
The morphological and taxonomic account of a new and the first terrestrial species of the largely marine genus Trissonchulus Cobb, 1920 is given, along with descriptions of two known species of the sister taxon Ironus Bastian, 1865, reported for the first... see more
P. N. Ganga Visalakshy
The brinjal shoot and fruit borer, Leucinodes orbonalis, is the major pest of brinjal. Field trials were conducted for three consecutive years (2005-07) to assess the efficacy of an isolate of the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema carpocapsae against ... see more
E. I. Jonathan, T. Raguchander, M. Zareena Bagam, S. Sundaramoorthy
Two field experiments were conducted in banana cvs Neipoovan and Nendran at Onampalayam and Pannimadai villages of Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu, India, respectively, to assess the bioefficacy of two promising native isolates of the bacteria Pseudomonas... see more
S. Farahmand, A. Eskandari, L. Orselli, A. Karegar
Six known species of mononchids belonging to the genera Mononchus Bastian, 1865 and Mylonchulus (Cobb, 1916) Altherr, 1953 are described from Iran, viz. Mononchus aquaticus Coetzee, 1968; M. pulcher Andrássy, 1993; M. truncatus Bastian, 1865; Mylonchulus ... see more
N. Jiminez-Perez, R. Crozzoli, N. Greco
La duración del ciclo de vida y número de generaciones de una población local del nematodo quiste de la papa, Globodera rostochiensis, se determinó en el cv. Andinita en el estado Lara, Venezuela. A una temperatura promedio del aire de 19,5 ºC y del suelo... see more
Q. Tahseen, Pandiya Rajan
A new species of nematode, Mononchus intermedius, has been described. It is characterised by medium-sized females with continuous lip region; amalgamated lips; moderate to large buccal cavity; dorsal tooth at 25-30% of buccal cavity from anterior; ventral... see more
M. Choudhary, W. Ahmad, M. S. Jairajpuri
Anatonchus francolambertii sp. n. collected from the vicinity of the Caspian Sea, Iran, is described and illustrated. It is characterized by having 2.15-2.58 mm long body, large globular buccal cavity measuring 52-55 × 42-55 µm, pharyngo-intestinal juncti... see more
A. Medina, R. Crozzoli, G. Perichi
Se realizó en campo un ensayo en Calabozo, Edo. Guárico, Venezuela, con la finalidad de controlar poblaciones de Hirschmanniella spp., Meloidogyne salasi y Tylenchorhynchus annulatus en arroz, Oryza sativa, variedades Cimarrón, D- Sativa, Fedearroz 50 y Z... see more
E. A. Tzortzakakis
The establishment of the nematophagous fungus Pochonia chlamydosporia in soil and roots was assessed in pots filled with field soil. In addition, the survival and dynamics of the fungus in multi-season greenhouse experiments for four cropping cycles is re... see more
A. M. Korayem, Mona G. Dagwood, M. M. M. Mohamed
The effect of the root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita, on the growth and yield of sunflower grown in two different geographical regions was investigated in microplots at initial population densities of 0, 10, 100, 1000, 10000 and 20000 eggs and juve... see more
C. Sankaranarayanan, Rajeswari Sundarababu
Experiments were conducted under glasshouse conditions to study the reciprocal influence of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (AMF) Glomus fasciculatum and the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita and their interaction effects on the growth of blackgr... see more
R. R. Pokharel
The rice root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne graminicola) is an important pathogen of rice in Nepal. Surveys were conducted in 65 rice fields in the Rupandehi, Chitwan and Parsa districts of Nepal by collecting rice soil and root samples from 25, 20 and 20 gr... see more
R. Crozzoli, G. Perichi, J. O. Montilla
A population of Hemicycliophora typica and one of H. labiata were detected in soil samples collected from the rhizosphere of Bermudagrass (Cynodon sp.) of a golf course in Caracas, Miranda State, and in the rhizosphere of Pythecolobium sp. in Humocaro, La... see more
H. Baimey, D. Coyne, G. Dagbenonbakin, B. James
Surveys were conducted in vegetable-producing communes of Benin between May 2004 and November 2005 to study the diversity and incidence of plant-parasitic nematodes affecting these crops and to assess the effects of soil physico-chemical properties on the... see more
Ravail Singh, B. S. Ingole, M. R. Nanajkar
The free-living marine nematode Innocuonema tentabunda was collected from the mangrove sediment of a mud-flat at Chorao Island, Goa, India, and reared in the laboratory to investigate its life cycle at 27 ± 2 °C. The nematodes were fed with cultured bacte... see more
S. L. Hafez, P. Sundararaj
Three field trials were conducted in Idaho, USA, to study the efficacy of oxamyl (Vydate C-LV), aldicarb (Temik 15G) and ethoprop (Mocap 6EC) for control of lesion nematode on potato. In the first trial there was an increase in saleable yield and total yi... see more
Two experiments were conducted in pots in a greenhouse to study the effect of green manure cultivars on the suppression of Heterodera schachtii and Meloidogyne chitwoodi. Oilradish cv. Comet showed maximum fresh shoot weight and dry root weight after eigh... see more