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<p>Plant-parasitic nematodes such as <italic>Longidorus euonymus</italic> and <italic>Helicotylenchus multicintctus</italic> are species widely distributed in central Europe as well as in Mediterranean area. In Greece, both species have been previously reported but no morphometrics or molecular data were available for these species. Nematode surveys in the rhizosphere of grapevines in Athens carried out in 2016 and 2017, yielded a <italic>Longidorus</italic> species identified as <italic>Longidorus euonymus</italic>. Similarly, a population of <italic>Helicotylenchus multicinctus</italic> was detected infecting banana roots from an outdoor crop in Tertsa, Crete. For both species, morphometrics and molecular data of Greek populations were provided, resulting in the first integrative identification of both nematode species based on morphometric and molecular markers, confirming the occurrence of these two nematodes in Greece as had been stated in earlier reports.</p>
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Plant-parasitic nematodes such as Longidorus euonymus and Helicotylenchus multicintctus are species widely distributed in central Europe as well as in Mediterranean area. In Greece, both species have been previously reported but no morphometrics or molecular data were available for these species. Nematode surveys in the rhizosphere of grapevines in Athens carried out in 2016 and 2017, yielded a Longidorus species identified as Longidorus euonymus. Similarly, a population of Helicotylenchus multicinctus was detected infecting banana roots from an outdoor crop in Tertsa, Crete. For both species, morphometrics and molecular data of Greek populations were provided, resulting in the first integrative identification of both nematode species based on morphometric and molecular markers, confirming the occurrence of these two nematodes in Greece as had been stated in earlier reports.

Morphological and Molecular Identification of <italic>Longidorus euonymus</italic> and <italic>Helicotylenchus multicinctus</italic> from the Rhizosphere of Grapevine and Banana in Greece

N.AG.RE.F., Hellenic Agricultural Organization-DEMETER

Journal of Nematology

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Morphological and Molecular Identification of  and  from the Rhizosphere of Grapevine and Banana in Greece

Plant-parasitic nematodes such as Longidorus euonymus and Helicotylenchus multicintctus are species widely distributed in central Europe as well as in...

Morphological and Molecular Identification of Longidorus euonymus and Helicotylenchus multicinctus from the Rhizosphere of Grapevine and Banana in Greece

Published Online: Dec 03, 2017

Page range: 168 - 176

Received: Jun 29, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2017-068

Keywords
detection, needle and spiral nematodes, rDNA.

© 2017 Emmanuel A. Tzortzakakis et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Morphological and Molecular Identification of Longidorus euonymus and Helicotylenchus multicinctus from the Rhizosphere of Grapevine and Banana in Greece

Published Online: Dec 03, 2017

Page range: 168 - 176

Received: Jun 29, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2017-068

Keywordsdetection, needle and spiral nematodes, rDNA.

© 2017 Emmanuel A. Tzortzakakis et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
detection, needle and spiral nematodes, rDNA.