Meloidogyne mayaguensis: NOVOS ASSINALAMENTOS NO RIO GRANDE DO NORTE ASSOCIADOS À GOIABEIRA
2007
Gustavo Rubens de Castro Torres | Hugo Agripino de Medeiros | Rui Sales Jr. | Romero Marinho de Moura
The objectives of this research were to report Meloidogyne mayaguensis on seedlings of guava (Psidium guajava) cv. "Paluma" in commercial nursery in Assu municipality and in commercial field of pipper (Capsicum annum) cv. "Comandante" in Baraúna municipality, in Rio Grande do Norte State and to notify all of segments involved to commercial growing of fruits and vegetables about the risk that seedlings infected by this pathogen represents to the agro-centers of Rio Grande do Norte and Ceará States. Concerning to both reports the identification of pathogenic species was made by the a-esterasic fenotype characterization. The present reports of M. mayaguensis represent the second and the third ones in Rio Grande do Norte State,having been made the first one on plants of guava in Touros municipality. Meloidogyne mayaguensis can represent a threat to commercial growing of fruits and vegetables if eradication and exclusion methods of control will not beused.
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