First record of infection of Papaya trees with root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne javanica) in Australia

Modika R. Perera; Ruben D. Flores-Vargas; Michael G. K. Jones

doi:10.1071/DN08035

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First record of infection of Papaya trees with root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne javanica) in Australia

Modika R. Perera ^A ^B ^C , Ruben D. Flores-Vargas ^B and Michael G. K. Jones ^A ^B

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^A Plant Biotechnology Research Group, WA State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Murdoch University, Perth, WA 6150, Australia.

^B School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Murdoch University, Perth, WA 6150, Australia.

^C Corresponding author. Email: mperera@murdoch.edu.au

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 3(1) 87-88 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN08035
Submitted: 28 May 2008 Accepted: 3 July 2008 Published: 18 July 2008

Abstract

The root-knot nematode Meloidogyne javanica was identified in papaya roots in Western Australia. Species identification was based on esterase isoenzyme patterns and PCR diagnostics.

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