National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi-11002.
Presented at Nematology Symposium held at Coimbatore, India in February, 1981
Pathogenicity of Xiphinema insigne Loos, 1949 on Vitis vinifera cv. Anabeshahi was investigated by inoculating 50, 500 and 5,000 nematodes per plant and comparing the results with those of control and associated control on micro organisms. Symptoms of nematcde damage like yellowing of leaves, general stunting and poor growth of plants, swelling of root tips and reduction in number of rootlets were observed in incculated plants. Significant reduction in main shoot height, fresh and dry root and shoot weights, leaf area and leaf number per plant was recorded in inoculated plants.
