Morulaimus gigas (Nematoda: Belonolaiminae) in southern and eastern Australia

L. Nambiar; M. Quader; J. M. Nobbs

doi:10.1071/DN10015

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Morulaimus gigas (Nematoda: Belonolaiminae) in southern and eastern Australia

L. Nambiar ^A ^C , M. Quader ^A and J. M. Nobbs ^B

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^A Department of Primary Industries, Private Bag 15, Ferntree Gully Delivery Centre, Vic. 3156, Australia.

^B South Australian Research and Development Institute, Plant and Soil Health, Plant Research Centre, GPO Box 397, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia.

^C Corresponding author. Email: lila.nambiar@dpi.vic.gov.au

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 5(1) 39-41 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN10015
Submitted: 20 November 2009 Accepted: 22 April 2010 Published: 5 May 2010

Abstract

This paper reports the first detections of Morulaimus gigas outside Western Australia in turf samples from South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. New infestations were also found in turf samples from Western Australia. Approximately 7% of turf samples tested between 1996 and 2008 contained M. gigas with 87% of these above the damage threshold. M. gigas was associated with turf decline in bent grass, Agrostis tenuis – a new addition to the previously recorded hosts.

Acknowledgements

The authors wish to thank Sportsturf Consultants Pty Ltd and Australian Golf Course Superintendents Association, Victoria for submitting turf samples from bowling and golf greens for diagnosis of plant-parasitic nematodes.

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