Division of Nematology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012
*National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi-110012.
External attachment of spores of Corynebacterium michiganensis pv. tritici with body surface of second stage larvae of Anguina tritici has been positively demonstrated. Beside C. michiganense pv. tritici, ten other bacterial flora were found to be present in the nematode galls. Of these, five species (Bacillus subtilis, B. pumilus, B. cereus and two other species of Pseudomonas) were found to be larvicidal.
Anguina tritici, Bacteria, association, larvicidal
