<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In 2005, root and soil samples were collected from the rhizosphere of Viburnum sp. plants in the yard of a house in Kifissia, Attica, Greece. The plants showed symptoms of yellowing and declining and all were dead within, approximately, one year. The roots were infected with the fungus Rosellinia necatrix. Several specimens of a ring nematode were recovered from soil and identified as Mesocriconema xenoplax based on morphological and morphometrical analysis of females. The nematode had been previously found on grapevines in Samos and Crete islands. This is the first report of M. xenoplax in Greece and the first record of Viburnum sp. as a host for this ring nematode. Additional information regarding distribution of this nematode in Greece is needed.</p></abstract>

In 2005, root and soil samples were collected from the rhizosphere of Viburnum sp. plants in the yard of a house in Kifissia, Attica, Greece. The plants showed symptoms of yellowing and declining and all were dead within, approximately, one year. The roots were infected with the fungus Rosellinia necatrix. Several specimens of a ring nematode were recovered from soil and identified as Mesocriconema xenoplax based on morphological and morphometrical analysis of females. The nematode had been previously found on grapevines in Samos and Crete islands. This is the first report of M. xenoplax in Greece and the first record of Viburnum sp. as a host for this ring nematode. Additional information regarding distribution of this nematode in Greece is needed.

First report of Mesocriconema xenoplax (Nematoda: Criconematidae) in Greece and first record of Viburnum sp. as a possible host for this ring nematode

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

Nematology Laboratory, USDA, ARS, BARC-West, Bldg. 011A, Rm. 159, Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA

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

Helminthologia

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In 2005, root and soil samples were collected from the rhizosphere of Viburnum sp. plants in the yard of a house in Kifissia, Attica, Greece. The plants showed...

First report of Mesocriconema xenoplax (Nematoda: Criconematidae) in Greece and first record of Viburnum sp. as a possible host for this ring nematode

Publié en ligne: 05 juin 2008

Pages: 103 - 105

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-008-0019-y

Mots clés
Greece, morphometrics, ring nematode, Rosellinia necatrix, Viburnum, grapevine

© 2008 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

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

First report of Mesocriconema xenoplax (Nematoda: Criconematidae) in Greece and first record of Viburnum sp. as a possible host for this ring nematode

Publié en ligne: 05 juin 2008

Pages: 103 - 105

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-008-0019-y

Mots clésGreece, morphometrics, ring nematode, Rosellinia necatrix, Viburnum, grapevine

© 2008 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

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

Mots clés
Greece, morphometrics, ring nematode, Rosellinia necatrix, Viburnum, grapevine