<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In this work, we report results of molecular and morphological analyses of a potato field population of Globodera (Nematoda: Heteroderidae) species, in Slovakia. Unexpectedly, our data show a mixed occurrence of two potato cyst nematode species, Globodera rostochiensis and G. pallida, in this locality. To our knowledge, this is the first report of mixed occurrence of these economically important plant-parasitic species in the same locality in the Central Europe. In addition, this finding reinforces the possibility of the cross-hybridization between these two nematode species that might result in a generation of new genotypes.</p></abstract>

In this work, we report results of molecular and morphological analyses of a potato field population of Globodera (Nematoda: Heteroderidae) species, in Slovakia. Unexpectedly, our data show a mixed occurrence of two potato cyst nematode species, Globodera rostochiensis and G. pallida, in this locality. To our knowledge, this is the first report of mixed occurrence of these economically important plant-parasitic species in the same locality in the Central Europe. In addition, this finding reinforces the possibility of the cross-hybridization between these two nematode species that might result in a generation of new genotypes.

Molecular and morphological exploration of a mixed population of two potato-parasiting nematode species, Globodera rostochiensis and G. pallida
                  

Division of Plant Health, Crop Research Institute Prague, Drnovská 507, 161 06, Prague 6, Czech Republic

Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Department of Plant Protection, Czech University of Life Sciences (CULS) Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

Department of Environmental and Plant Parasitology, Institute of Parasitology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Puškinova 6, 040 01, Košice, Slovak Republic

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