Abstract Strawberry ( Fragaria × ananassa ) is native to temperate regions. However, it has been produced in tropical areas, as a seasonal crop including Florida, USA during the winter months. In March 2022, root galls resembling those induced by root-knot nematodes Meloidogyne spp.) were observed declining strawberry plants ‘Winterstar TM FL 05-107’ growing an organic-certified research site H...

Meloidogyne incognita is a plant-parasitic nematode which attacks a diverse variety of plants (Mitkowski and Abawi, 2003). The life cycle of this nematode is comprised of five stages namely eggs, J2, J3, and J4 juveniles and adults. Female adults are important in the life cycle as they produce eggs which hatch into infective J2 that travels and attaches to plant roots for continuation of its in...

Until now, parasitic diseases that infect humans and animals have not been considered in Indonesia because these do cause clinical symptoms (subclinical). Gastrointestinal disease caused by worm parasites is a systemic attacks the digestive tract of cattle. Traditional pig farming methods poor hygiene are main reasons for spread zoonoses can be transmitted from pigs to humans. This study aims i...

the effect of salicylic acid (sa) on induction of resistance against root-knot nematode (meloidogyne javanica) and the effect of m. javanica to induce biochemical defense responses in tomato (solanum lycopersicum l.) roots at six-leaf stage were investigated. meanwhile, the effect of different concentrations of sa on mortality of second stage juveniles of m. javanica was examined. changes in th...

biological control of tomato root-knot nematode, meloidogyne javanica, by the isolate bi of trichoderma harzianum was evaluated in greenhouse and laboratory conditions in tomato cv. king stone. effects of fungal spore suspensions in various densities (103 to 108 spore/ml) were studied on different disease intensities (average of gall diameters, average of root weight and average of stem weight)...

Sasanelli, N., Vovlas, N., Trisciuzzi, N., Cantalapiedra-Navarrete, C., Palomares-Rius, J. E., and Castillo, P. 2013. Pathogenicity and host–parasite relationships of Heterodera cruciferae in cabbage. Plant Dis. 97:333-338. Stunted cabbage (‘Lupini’) associated with severe soil infestations by a cyst-forming nematode were observed in large patches of open fields in Castellaneta, province of Tar...

Genetic and environmental factors shape host susceptibility to infection, but how and how rapidly environmental variation might alter the susceptibility of mammalian genotypes remains unknown. Here, we investigate the impacts of seminatural environments upon the nematode susceptibility profiles of inbred C57BL/6 mice. We hypothesized that natural exposure to microbes might directly (e.g., via t...

Plant-parasitic nematodes (PPN) undoubtedly represent a serious threat to the world economy. Growing dissatisfaction with chemical nematicides due to environmental issues obstructing the use of traditional chemicals has created re-directions in the type and choice of applicable nematicides. The role of different beneficial microorganisms ranks high as environmentally friendly biological alterna...

Experiments were established in field microplots to examine the association between Heterodera glycines and the blue form of Fusarium solani in sudden death syndrome of soybean (SDS). Foliar disease symptoms occurred on more plants per plot, appeared 3 to 7 days earlier, and were more severe on plants grown in plots infested with F. solani + H. glycines than on those inoculated with F. solani o...

Recently, we were involved in a project to train staff from the Atoifi Adventist Hospital (AAH) in East Kwaio, Malaita, Solomon Islands, in applied research and laboratory methods. The project, run by AAH, included the performance of a cross-sectional survey for soil-transmitted helminths in two remote villages (ethical approval: AAH Ethics 008). In 3 (0.5%) of 586 samples, helminth eggs measur...