<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The root-knot nematode Meloidogyne arenaria was found in Greece infecting balm (Melissa officinalis L.) and grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.). The isolate from balm was M. arenaria while the one from grapevine was a mixture of M. arenaria and M. javanica (prevalent species). This is the first report of the M. arenaria species in the country in which identification was based on biochemical methods and its occurrence on balm is a new host record.</p></abstract>

The root-knot nematode Meloidogyne arenaria was found in Greece infecting balm (Melissa officinalis L.) and grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.). The isolate from balm was M. arenaria while the one from grapevine was a mixture of M. arenaria and M. javanica (prevalent species). This is the first report of the M. arenaria species in the country in which identification was based on biochemical methods and its occurrence on balm is a new host record.

Occurrence of the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne arenaria on balm and in a mixed population with M. javanica on grapevine in Greece

Nematology Laboratory, Department of Entomology & Plant Zoology, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, St. Delta 8, 14561, Kifissia, Greece

Instituto do Mar Centro Interdisciplinar de Coimbra (IMAR-CIC), Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Coimbra, 3004-517, Coimbra, Portugal

Nematology Laboratory, Plant Protection Institute, N.AG.RE.F., PO BOX 2228, 71003, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Helminthologia

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The root-knot nematode Meloidogyne arenaria was found in Greece infecting balm (Melissa officinalis L.) and grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.). The isolate from...

Occurrence of the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne arenaria on balm and in a mixed population with M. javanica on grapevine in Greece

Published Online: Mar 02, 2008

Page range: 52 - 53

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-008-0009-0

Keywords
esterase phenotypes, Melissa officinalis, Vitis vinifera

© 2008 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Occurrence of the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne arenaria on balm and in a mixed population with M. javanica on grapevine in Greece

Published Online: Mar 02, 2008

Page range: 52 - 53

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-008-0009-0

Keywordsesterase phenotypes, Melissa officinalis, Vitis vinifera

© 2008 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
esterase phenotypes, Melissa officinalis, Vitis vinifera