FUNGI ASSOCIATED WITH EGG MASSES AND FEMALES OF PLANT PARASITIC NEMATODE MELOIDOGYNE INCOGNITA (NEMATODA: HETERODERIDAE)

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Karakas M.

BANGLADESH JOURNAL OF BOTANY, vol.44, no.3, pp.373-378, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 44 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.3329/bjb.v44i3.38542
  • Journal Name: BANGLADESH JOURNAL OF BOTANY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.373-378
  • Keywords: Meloidogyne incognita, Root-knot nematode, Nematophagous fungi, CEREAL CYST-NEMATODE, BIOLOGICAL-CONTROL, VERTICILLIUM, PAECILOMYCES, ARENARIA, AVENAE
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Egg masses and females of Meloidogyne incognita from a tomato (Lycopersicon esculentran Mill. cv. Falcon) field from Central Anatolia of Turkey, were collected and examined for the presence of fungi. Of the 138 egg masses of M incognita 35.5% were colonized by one or more of 9 species of genera Arthrobotrys, Cylindrocarpon, Fusarium, Paecilomyces, Plectosphaerella, Rhizoctonia and Verticillium while 31.8% of the 138 females were colonized by 6 species, from the same genera except Paecilomyces and Plectosphaerella. Fusarium oxysporum, was by far the predominant species in both the egg masses and females of M incognita.