Pratylenchus penetrans was obtained from Premier strawberry in Norfolk County and the Niagara Peninsula and from celery in the latter area. Host affected the dimensions of P. penetrans to a greater extent than geographical area in Ontario. Adults of P. penetrans from southern Ontario tended to be smaller than those reported elsewhere. The presence of three lip annules was consistent in the seve...

This is a report on the presence of Meloidogyne spp., Helicotylenchus multicintus and Pratylenchus goodeyi in roots of banana crops in Crete.

The effect of 93 field crop and pasture cultivars on the end-of-season population densities of Pratylenchus thornei in soil was determined in the field in southeastern Australia. Wheat and barley cultivars had different effects on the population densities of P. thornei. Most commercial wheat cultivars that are grown in southeastern Australia were susceptible, while the barley cultivars were res...

ROBERTO ARCE-PÉREZ1, RODOLFO NOVELO-GUTIÉRREZ1 & AYDEÉ CORNEJO2 1Instituto de Ecología, A. C., Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351, El Haya, 91070 Xalapa, Veracruz, MEXICO. E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] 2Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudio de la Salud, Ave. Justo Arosemena y Calle 35, Apartado Postal N° 0816-02593, Panamá, República de Panamá. E-mail: acornejo@gorg...

Nematode Collection and DNA Extraction Nematodes were collected following methods previously described [1]. Mixed-­‐stages of Anguina agrostis were obtained from infected bentgrass seed. Globodera ellingtonae eggs were obtained from cysts reared on potato in field microplots. A population of Xiphinema americanum originally obtained from a vineyard was cultured in soil on sudangrass in a greenho...

Host suitability of olive cultivars Arbequina and Picual to several plant-parasitic nematodes was studied under controlled conditions. Arbequina and Picual were not suitable hosts for the root-lesion nematodes Pratylenchus fallax, P. thornei, and Zygotylenchus guevarai. However, the ring nematode Mesocriconema xenoplax and the spiral nematodes Helicotylenchus digonicus and H. pseudorobustus rep...

A low glucosinolate content (21.8 mmol g) Brassica napus seed meal (RSM) applied to orchard soils altered communities of both pathogenic and saprophytic soil micro-organisms. RSM amendment reduced infection by native and introduced isolates of Rhizoctonia spp. and recovery of Pratylenchus spp. from apple roots. Root infection by Rhizoctonia solani AG-5 was also suppressed in split-root assays w...

American boxwood, Buxus sempervirens var. globosum, was tolerant of Helicotylenchus dihystera [in field microplots] as measures of plant growth were similar to the control and nematode densities were maintained at high levels (1,705-1,810/500 cm(3) soil after 29 months). Boxwood was intolerant of Pratylenchus vulnus at initial densities of 163, 281, or 475 nematodes per 500 cm(3) soil. In compa...

Anhydrobiotic survival of Pratylenchus penetrans was compared in several soil moisture regimes. Bodies of anhydrobiotic nematodes were coiled. In slow-dried soils, Vineland silt loam (VSL) and Fox loamy sand (FLS), 70 and 58% of the total P. penetrans populations were anhydrobiotic when soil moistures reached ca. 3% and water potential 15 kPa or greater. Coiling began at a much lower water pote...