Three species of sheath nematodes from Iran

Subject Areas : Journal of Animal Biology

علی اسکندری ¹ , اکبر کارگربیده ² , ابراهیم پورجم ³

1 - دانشجوی دوره دکتری رشته بیماری شناسی گیاهی، دانشکده کشاورزی ، دانشگاه تربیت مدرس
2 - دانشیار رشته بیماری شناسی گیاهی، دانشکده کشاورزی، دانشگاه شیراز
3 - دانشیار رشته بیماری شناسی گیاهی، دانشکده کشاورزی، دانشگاه تربیت مدرس

Received: 2014-06-23 Accepted : 2017-05-21 Published : 2009-05-22

Keywords: Taxonomy, Morphology, Morphometry, Criconematidae, Hemicriconemoides, Hemicycliophora,

Abstract :

Summary-During the taxonomic studies on the nematodes of the family Criconematidae in Iran, three species of sheath nematodes, including Hemicriconemoides strictathecatus, Hemicycliophora lutosa and H. sturhani were identified from soil and root samples collected from different fields, orchards, forests and pastures. The first species was found in rhizosphere of date palm in Kerman, walnut in Ghazvin and citrus in Bandar Abbas and Kerman; the second from soil around the roots of millet in Asalem forest and the third one from soil around the roots of wild garlic in Damghan and willow in Shahrood were collected