The presence of plant-parasitic nematodes causing crop loss every year had been overlooked in the existing fruits, vegetables and flowers cultivation system Bangladesh. Therefore, study was conducted to isolate identify plantparasitic from soil infected plant-parts fruits (banana, orange), (pointed gourd, tomato brinjal) flower (gerbera) districts Jashore, Jhenaidah, Gazipur Sylhet during 2017-...

Hypothesis: Under exploitative competition, unrelated parasites should reproduce at a faster rate than related parasites. Organisms: The parasitic nematode Steinernema carpocapsae and the insect host Galleria mellonella. Methods: We created ten replicate lines each of high-migration (unrelated) and low-migration (related) nematode populations, and allowed them to evolve for 20 host passages. Re...

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is one of the most popular vegetable crops worldwide, owing to its high nutritive value and diversified use. Plant parasitic nematodes are important pests of tomato and cause huge economic losses (Bird and Kaloshian, 2003). India is the second largest tomato growing country having cultivation area of 8.8 lakh ha with production of 18.23 mmt with productivity 20....

To defend themselves against herbivores and pathogens, plants produce numerous secondary metabolites, either constitutively or de novo in response to attacks. An intriguing constitutive example is the exudate produced by certain root-cap cells that can induce a state of reversible quiescence in plant-parasitic nematodes, thereby providing protection against these antagonists. The effect of such...

Plant Parasitic Nematodes are small worm like transparent, bilateral symmetry, pseudocoelomate, multicellular, free living or parasitic microorganism which predatory, aquatic, terrestrial, entopathogenic, ectoparasite, endoparasite, semi-endoparasite sedentary. They cause substantial problems to major crops throughout the world, including vegetables, fruits, and grain crops. The root knot cyst ...