MYERS, R. F., AND BALASUBRAMANIAN, M. 1973. Nutrient media for plant parasitic nematodes. V. Amino acid nutrition of Aphelenchoides rutgersi. Exflerimental Parasitology .34, 123-131. Nutrition of axenically cultured A. rutgersi was investigated by deletion and addition of various levels of essential amino acids. Reproduction was lacking when isoleucine, leucine, methionine, phenylalanine, threo...

The interception of Ditylenchus dipsaci, D. destructor, and Aphelenchoides fragariae, which are classified as quarantine pests, has been reported to occur on imported garlic bulbs used for consumption at several traditional markets in Bogor. This finding should increase awareness the chance contamination Indonesia’s fields. study aimed evaluate nematode community determine polyphasic characters...

in order to identify the plant parasitic nematodes of tomato fields in northern khorasan province, 50 soil and root samples were collected during 2009 - 2010. nematodes were extracted by combined sieving and centrifugal-flotation method and processed to be transferred to glycerin. after preparing microscope slides, the morphological and morphometrical characters of the nematodes were studied us...

A new bombyliid species Marleyimyia xylocopae Marshall & Evenhuis, sp. n., an apparent mimic of the carpenter bee Xylocopa flavicollis (De Geer), is described from South Africa on the basis of photographs only. The pros and cons of species descriptions in the absence of preserved type specimens are discussed.

The inheritance of resistance to white tip disease (WTDR) in rice (Oryza sativa L.) was analyzed with an artificial inoculation test in a segregating population derived from the cross between Tetep, a highly resistant variety that was identified in a previous study, and a susceptible cultivar. Three resistance-associated traits, including the number of Aphelenchoides besseyi (A. besseyi) indivi...