• Title of article

    FIRST RECORD OF MYCETOPHAGOUS NEMATODEAPHELENCHUS AVENAEIN IRAQ WITH DESCRIPTION an‎d TESTING THEIR PROPAGATION ON DIFFERENT FUNGUS CULTURE

  • Author/Authors

    EsaTahe, Ibrahim Department ofPlant Protection - College of Agriculture - University of Duhok - Duhok - Kurdistan Region, Iraq , Ami, Sulaiman Naif Department ofPlant Protection - College of Agriculture - University of Duhok - Duhok - Kurdistan Region, Iraq , Haleem, Raed Abduljabbar Department ofPlant Protection - College of Agriculture - University of Duhok - Duhok - Kurdistan Region, Iraq , Shareef, Barin Sidqi Department ofPlant Protection - College of Agriculture - University of Duhok - Duhok - Kurdistan Region, Iraq

  • Pages
    9
  • From page
    251
  • To page
    259
  • Abstract
    Aphelenchusavenaewasisolated from the wheat crown in Summel distract-Duhok,Kurdistan region-Iraq infected by a crown rot disease which is caused by Fusarium spp; wheat's crown culturing onPotato Dextrose Agar (PDA) and incubating at 25°C A. avenaewas found associated with fungal culture which meant that fungal nematode was parasitic on crown rot fungi on wheat crown, this specieswasdescribed for the first time in Iraq.Fungal Nematode incubated withFusarium graminearum,F. oxysporumand Verticilliumdahliaereproduce in both solid and liquid media,best results of nematode reproduction were recorded on F. graminearumfollowed by F. oxysporumandV. dahlia respectively.The nematode A. avenaedid not reproduce on the liquid media of these fungi.
  • Keywords
    Aphelenchusavenae , Iraq , Mycetophagous , Nematode , Summel
  • Journal title
    Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum
  • Serial Year
    2017
  • Record number

    2602065