<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A preliminary survey indicated that the root-knot nematode <italic>Meloidogyne javanica</italic> is widely distributed in the rhizosphere of medicinal plants in Boyer-Ahmad region (Iran). Host suitability of ten species of medicinal plants to <italic>M. javanica</italic> was examined in a pot experiment under controlled greenhouse conditions: alkakengy (<italic>Physalis alkekengi</italic> L.), chamomile (<italic>Matricaria chamomilla</italic> L.), English plantain (<italic>Plantago lanceolata</italic> L.), fennel (<italic>Foeniculum vulgare</italic> Mill.), garden anchusa (<italic>Anchusa italica</italic> Retz.), horehound (<italic>Marrubium vulgare</italic> L.), lovage (<italic>Levisticum officinale</italic> L.), sorrel (<italic>Rumex acetosella</italic> L.), thistle (<italic>Echinops adenocaulos</italic> Boiss.) and woundwort (<italic>Stachys pilifera</italic> Benth.). According to the scheme of Canto-Saenz, seven species, namely garden anchusa, fennel, horehound, alkakengy, English plantain, woundwort and sorrel can be considered susceptible hosts with gall index (GI) > 2 and reproduction factor (RF) > 1, and thistle, lovage and chamomile, can be considered as hyper-susceptible with GI > 2 and RF ≤ 1.</p></abstract>

A preliminary survey indicated that the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne javanica is widely distributed in the rhizosphere of medicinal plants in Boyer-Ahmad region (Iran). Host suitability of ten species of medicinal plants to M. javanica was examined in a pot experiment under controlled greenhouse conditions: alkakengy (Physalis alkekengi L.), chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.), English plantain (Plantago lanceolata L.), fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.), garden anchusa (Anchusa italica Retz.), horehound (Marrubium vulgare L.), lovage (Levisticum officinale L.), sorrel (Rumex acetosella L.), thistle (Echinops adenocaulos Boiss.) and woundwort (Stachys pilifera Benth.). According to the scheme of Canto-Saenz, seven species, namely garden anchusa, fennel, horehound, alkakengy, English plantain, woundwort and sorrel can be considered susceptible hosts with gall index (GI) > 2 and reproduction factor (RF) > 1, and thistle, lovage and chamomile, can be considered as hyper-susceptible with GI > 2 and RF ≤ 1.

Resistance of ten common medicinal plants to the root-knot nematode <italic>Meloidogyne javanica</italic>

Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture

Department of Plant Protection, School of Agriculture

Hellenic Plant Protection Journal

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Resistance of ten common medicinal plants to the root-knot nematode 

A preliminary survey indicated that the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne javanica is widely distributed in the rhizosphere of medicinal plants in Boyer-Ahmad...

Resistance of ten common medicinal plants to the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne javanica

Published Online: Jan 31, 2019

Page range: 6 - 11

Received: Jul 12, 2018

Accepted: Dec 10, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/hppj-2019-0002

Keywords
gall Index, hyper-susceptible, reproduction factor, susceptible

© 2019 S. Ansari et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Resistance of ten common medicinal plants to the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne javanica

Published Online: Jan 31, 2019

Page range: 6 - 11

Received: Jul 12, 2018

Accepted: Dec 10, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/hppj-2019-0002

Keywordsgall Index, hyper-susceptible, reproduction factor, susceptible

© 2019 S. Ansari et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
gall Index, hyper-susceptible, reproduction factor, susceptible