Plant Parasitic Nematodes Associated with Faba Bean, Vicia faba L. in Kanpur, District of Uttar Pradesh, India

A survey was conduted in Kanpur to know the incidence of plant parasitic nematodes associated with Faba Bean (Vicia faba L.). About 100 root and soil samples were drawn from fields. Twenty two plant parasitic nematodes were recovered viz., Aphelenchoides sp. Basria sp., Basirolaimus indicus, Meloidogyne javanica, Merilinius sp., Boleodorus sp., Bitylenchus sp., Helicotylenchus retusus, Hemicriconemoides sp. Hoplolaimus sp. Nothocriconema sp., Paratylenchus sp., Rotylenchulus reniformis, Rotylenchus sp., Sculellonema sp. Telotylenchus sp. Tylenchorhynchus sp. T. mashoodi, Tylenchus sp., Longidorus sp., and Xiphinema sp. The highest population of R. reniformis, was obtained while lowest of Pratylenchus thornei. Highest frequency of occurrence was of Hoplolaimus sp.