SKUAST Journal of Research

Open Access
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue: 2

Report of dagger nematode Xiphinema americanum (cobb, 1913) (dorylaimida: Longidoroidea) from rhizosphere of apple trees in Kashmir (India)

  • Author:
  • G.M. Lone, F.A. Zaki
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 137 to 140

Division of Entomology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar, 190 025, Jammu & Kashmir, (India)

Abstract

During a survey for nematodes in apple orchards in district Baramulla (Kashmir), dagger nematode Xiphinema americanum (Cobb, 1913) of order Dorylaimida and super-family Londidoroidea, was isolated from the apple rhizosphere. The presence of this nematode in apple as host is a new record from Jammu & Kashmir state. The nematode has been characterized, illustrated and described in detail in this communication.

Keywords

Apple, Dagger nematode, Xiphinema americanum