The abundance and distribution of nematodes in the soil is influenced by biotic and abiotic soil factors. A previous study based on soil samples collected over a large part of KwaZulu-Natal showed that numbers of Pratylenchus, Helicotylenchus and Paratrichodorus were inversely related to pH and positively related to iron levels in the soil. Weaker relationships occurred between both aluminium a...

Ultrastructure of the Z-organ and associated apophyses in Xiphinema coxi coxi was studied by transmission electron microscopy to determine their structural origin and relationship with other parts of the genital tract. The Z-organ of X. coxi coxi is oval-shaped, ca. 30 microm long and 16 microm wide. It is clearly distinguished from the other parts of the female genital tract by its thick muscu...

It is shown that the conforming Q2,1;1,2-Q ′ 1 mixed element is stable, and provides optimal order of approximation for the Stokes equations on rectangular grids. Here Q2,1;1,2 = Q2,1 ×Q1,2 and Q2,1 denotes the space of continuous piecewise-polynomials of degree 2 or less in the x direction but of degree 1 in the y direction. Q′1 is the space of discontinuous bilinear polynomials, with spurious...

The dagger nematodes, Xiphinema spp., are migratory root-ectoparasitic nematodes that cause damage to a wide range of wild and cultivated plants over the world. In Vietnam, this nematode group has been studied mainly based on morphological characterizations. During survey pathogens associated with tea, plant many medicinal therapeutic potentials, population hunaniense was recorded. This study p...

Kumari S. (2009): Detection of Cherry leaf roll virus and Strawberry latent ring spot virus by one-step RTPCR. Plant Protect. Sci., 45: 140–143. A one-step reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) protocol was developed and used for the detection of Cherry leaf roll virus (CLRV) and Strawberry latent ring spot virus (SLRSV). The protocol was used to test infected screen house pl...