Phytonematode Problems associated with Some Economically Important Plants in Pishin District, Balochistan, Pakistan

Phytonematode Problems in Pishin District, Balochistan, Pakistan

Authors

  • Faisal Hussain Department of Botany, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Campus, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Saadullah Khan Laghari Department of Botany, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan
  • Diam Ali Darban Department of Agriculture, School of Agriculture Policy and Development, The University of Reading, Reading, UK
  • Farzana Department of Botany, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Campus, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Muhammad Akbar Department of Environmental Sciences, Karakoram International University, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Keywords:

Phytonematodes, population density

Abstract

Present study was conducted for nematodes communities associated with Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.), Grapes (Vitis vinifera L.), Peach (Prunus persica L.), Plums (Prunus domestica L.), Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.), Apple (Malus pumila Mill.) and Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) at three localities of Pishin district, Balochistan province. In all investigated plant species twenty nematode species were recorded viz., Helicotylenchus digonicus, H. indicus, H. pseudorobustus, Hoplolaimus indicus, Meloidogyne incognita,M. javanica, Pratylenchus holdemani, P. penetrans, P. scribneri, P. thornei, Rotylenchus dalhousiensis,
Scutylenchus rugosus, Tylenchorhynchus annulatus, T. curvus, T. trilineatus, Tylenchus filiformis, Xiphinema americanum, X. basiri, X. index and X. rivesi from the rhizosphere soil of above mentioned plant species. Among all species, Meloidogyne incognita and Xiphinema rivesi were dominant. The nematodes problem is rapidly increasing in Pakistan and widely damaging the host range by several species of phytonematodes. This investigation was designed to check the association, soil analysis, nematodes population density,  incidence (%) and prevalence of nematodes associated with some crop and orchard plants of Pishin district, Balochistan.

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2016-09-17

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Hussain, F., Laghari, . S. K., Darban, . D. A., Farzana, & Akbar, . M. (2016). Phytonematode Problems associated with Some Economically Important Plants in Pishin District, Balochistan, Pakistan: Phytonematode Problems in Pishin District, Balochistan, Pakistan. Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences: B. Life and Environmental Sciences, 53(3), 207–213. Retrieved from https://ppaspk.org/index.php/PPAS-B/article/view/336

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