A polytomous identification key for 24 species of Radopholus was constructed using the computer software packages EXCEL 5.0., spreadsheets and BIKEY 7 (©Lobanov & Dianov, 1994). Specimen identification is based on the principle that the initial set of taxa can be investigated interactively and reduced by different filters (i.e. character states) in several steps of identification. Quantitative ...

We used nucleotide sequences of the large subunit ribosomal genes (26S rDNA) to examine evolutionary relationships among species of the genus Pratylenchus (Order: Tylenchida, Family: Pratylenchidae), commonly known as root-lesion nematodes. Ten species of Pratylenchus were studied including, P. penetrans, P. crenatus, P. minyus, P. vulnus, P. thornei, P. musicola, P. coffeae, P. hexincisus, P. ...

Pratylenchoides sheri n. sp., a bisexual species from the Pacific coastal area of California, is described and illustrated. Its most distinctive characters are the esophageal glands slightly overlapping the intestine dorsally, the large ventrally slanting esophago-intestinal valve, the lack of labial sectors in the first lip annule, the presence of males, and apparently functional spermatheca. ...

Two new monosexual and one bisexual species Pratylenchus Filipjev, 1936 collected from Haryana state of India are described and illustrated. The primary distinguishing features of these species are Pratylenchus microstylus n. sp.: L = 331-458 mum, spear = 11 or 12 mum; Pratylenchus cruciferus n. sp.: L = 648-793 mum, central core of lateral fields with oblique lines, hemizonid 2-8 annules anter...