Bursaphelenchus xylophilus is an insect-vectored pathogen and the causal agent of the pine wilt disease (PWD). In Portugal, where B. xylophilus is a recent invasive pest, the native pine sawyer beetle, Monochamus galloprovincialis, is its only vector. Epidemics of PWD emerge from three-way...

The genus Scutellonema contains more than 40 species of spiral nematodes with enlarged phasmids called scutella. In this study, we provide morphological and molecular characterisation of S. clavicaudatum sp. n., S. brachyurus, S. bradys, S. cavenessi, S. transvaalense, S. truncatum and Scutellonema ...

A root sample from a declining hedge of Manhattan Euonymus (Euonymus kiautschovicus) growing at a private residence in Harrison (New York, USA) was submitted to the Diagnostic Clinic at the Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories in Charlotte (North Carolina, USA) on 22 April 2016. The roots were...

During March 2014, common bean plants (Phaseolus vulgaris cv. IPR Gralha) exhibiting symptoms of stunting, leaf yellowing, and numerous galls caused by root-knot nematode were detected and sampled in Caiçara County, Northwest Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. The identification of Meloidogyne was...

A plant's growth and fitness are influenced by species interactions, including those belowground. In primary successional systems, belowground organisms are known to have particularly important control over plant growth. Exotic plant invasions in these and other habitats may in part be explained by ...

Background: Plant-parasitic nematodes (PPN) are major crop pests. On olive (Olea europaea), they significantly contribute to economic losses in the top-ten olive producing countries in the world especially in nurseries and under cropping intensification. The diversity and the structure of PPN...

Since the nineteenth century potato became one of the main crop species for Romania. The imported potato brought also specific pests and diseases, as exotic species for Europe. Potato cyst nematode attacks were registered in Romania for the first time in 1984 and since 2007 our country is under...

In a recent study of plant parasitic nematodes, the following species of nematodes were encountered from maize and its adjoining crops from Punjab, Pakistan. New species Filenchus maqbooli n. sp., characterized by small body with short stylet and tail long, filiform has been described. Five new...

The arable farming is a purposeful element of Hungarian agriculture, which is contribute to the Hungarian total GDP with 3.7%. The settling of new, alien species was triggered by the climatic trends in the last period and the increasing urban abilities. These facts can consent to the enhancement of ...

Two new records of plant parasitic nematodes in China from Binchuan grape growing area, Yunnan Province were described. They were Paratrichodorus anthurii Baujard & Germani, 1985 and Hemicriconemoides amurensis Eroshenko & Volkova, 1986.