Incidence and distribution of citrus nematode Tylenchulus semipenetrans in citrus orchards of Pakistan
2008
Khanzada, S.A. (National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad (Pakistan). Inst. of Plant and Environmental Protection) | Iqbal, A. (University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi (Pakistan). Dept. of Plant Pathology) | Munir, A. (National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad (Pakistan). Inst. of Plant and Environmental Protection) | Burney, K. (National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad (Pakistan). Inst. of Field and Horticultural Crops) | Hameed, S. (National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad (Pakistan). Inst. of Field and Horticultural Crops) | Rehman, H.U. (National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad (Pakistan). Inst. of Field and Horticultural Crops)
Citrus nematode, Tylenchulus semipenetrans is one of the major pests of citrus crop and is responsible for causing slow decline in citrus nurseries and orchards. Surveys were conducted to assess the incidence and distribution of citrus nematode in major citrus growing areas of the Punjab province of Pakistan viz., Sargodha, Faisalabad, Sahiwal, Jhang, Toba Tek Singh and Pattoki districts. Soil and root samples were collected from different citrus varieties including mandarin (feutrells and kinnow, Citrus reticulata), sweet oranges (Malta, musambi and orange, citrus sinensis), grapefruit (Citrus paradisi), lemon (Citrus Limon) and mitha, sweet lime, Citrus limettioides). Among the surveyed areas, the incidence of T. semipenetrans in all citrus varieties varied from 56% for mandarin, followed by 40% for lemon and orange and 35% for kinnow and musambi. The minimum incidence was observed in grapefruit (20%). Apart from T semipenetrans the following genera of plant parasitic nematodes were also encountered viz., Belonolaimus, Helicotylenchus, Hoplolaimus, Longidorus, Paratylenchus, Psilenchus, Radopholus, Trichodorus, Tylenchorhynchus, Xiphinema and Zygotylenchus, while the saprophytic nematode genera were Alaimid sp., Araeolaimid sp., Cephalobid sp., Diplogastrid sp., Monhysterida sp., Mononchid sp., Plectus sp., and Rhabditid sp., in citrus varieties of all the districts.
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