First record of Meloidogyne fallax in Victoria, Australia
L. Nambiar A D , M. Quader A , J. M. Nobbs B , J. A. Cobon C , P. R. Campbell C and L. M. Gulino CA Department of Primary Industries Victoria, 621 Burwood Highway, Knoxfield, Vic. 3180, Australia.
B South Australian Research and Development Institute, Field Crops Nematology Unit, LMB 100, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia.
C Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, 80 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Qld 4068, Australia.
D Corresponding author. Email: lila.nambiar@dpi.vic.gov.au
Australasian Plant Disease Notes 3(1) 141-142 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN08054
Submitted: 22 July 2008 Accepted: 29 September 2008 Published: 9 October 2008
Abstract
Meloidogyne fallax was detected for the first time in Victoria, Australia. It was found on potato tubers in the Cora Lynn and Toolangi districts of Victoria. The identification was based on morphological observations and molecular tests.
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank Dr Caroline Donald and Tony Slater from DPI Victoria for providing the infected potato tubers for nematode species identification. Our sincere gratitude to Dr Farhat Shah of Crop & Food Research Ltd, New Zealand for providing M. fallax DNA.
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