Pythiaceous fungi and plant-parasitic nematodes in California pear orchards: II. Incidence
      and distribution of parasitic nematodes in orchard soils

French, A; Lownsbery, B; Ayoub, S; Weiner, A; El-Gholl, N

Pythiaceous fungi and plant-parasitic nematodes in California pear orchards: II. Incidence and distribution of parasitic nematodes in orchard soils

Authors

Alex M. French
B. F. Lownsbery
S. M. Ayoub
A. C. Weiner
N. El-Gholl

Authors Affiliations

Alex M. French was Program Supervisor of Plant Nematology, Bureau of Plant Pathology, California Department of Agriculture, Sacramento; B. F. Lownsbery was Associate Nematologist, in the Experiment Station, Davis; S. M. Ayoub was Plant Nematologists, Bureau of Plant Pathology, California Department of Agriculture, Sacramento; A. C. Weiner was Plant Nematologists, Bureau of Plant Pathology, California Department of Agriculture, Sacramento; N. El-Gholl was now Plant Pathologist, Riverside County Department of Agriculture, Riverside.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 35(21):603-610. DOI:10.3733/hilg.v35n21p603. October 1964.

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Abstract

Plant-parasitic nematodes of various types are prevalent in the upper root zone of pear trees in California. Monthly samplings over a 12-month period, from the same 126 orchards mentioned above, showed that the dagger nematode Xiphinema americanum and the pin nematode Paratylenchus hamatus occurred in more than 90 per cent of the orchards and in all pear-growing areas of the state. Other nematodes frequently found were species of Tylenchorhynchus, Pratylenchus, Helicotylenchus, Meloidogyne, and Criconemoides. No direct relationship was indicated between pear decline and nematodes in orchard soils.

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