Division of Entomology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar, 190 025, Jammu & Kashmir, (India)
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Online published on 13 August, 2014.
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.
Apple, Dagger nematode, Xiphinema americanum
