Attachment of relatively low numbers of endospores from two isolates of Pasteuria spp. to several species of nematodes was consistently achieved in 2-5 minutes with a centrifugation technique. The rate of attachment of Pasteuria penetrans at 10 endospores/0.1 ml/tube to second-stage juveniles (J2) of Meloidogyne javanica, M. incognita race 1, M. incognita race 3, and M. arenaria races 1 and 2 i...

The response of Citrus spp. and related rootstocks to a population of Meloidogyne javanica was evaluated in a screenhouse experiment. Palestine and Rangpur lime, rough lemon, sour orange, Sexton and Thentriton tangelo, and Volkamer lemon were not infected by M. javanica. Galls and tip swellings were observed on the roots of Poncirus triloliata and Troyer citrange. There was no evidence of nemat...

Meloidogyne incognita race 1, M. javanica, M. arenaria race 1, M. hapla, and an undescribed Meloidogyne sp. were analyzed by comparing isozyme phenotypes of esterase, malate dehydrogenase, phosphoglucomutase, isocitrate dehydrogenase, and alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase. Isozyme phenotypes were obtained from single mature females by isoelectric focusing electrophoresis. Of these five isozy...

Eight compounds isolated from Lippia javanica and three compounds, from Hoslundia opposita were tested against Mycobacterium tuberculosis at concentrations of 200, 100, 50 and 25μg/ml. Compound “6-Methoxyluteolin 4'-methyl ether” isolated from L. javanica exhibited a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 200 μg/ml against M. tuberculosis. Of all the compounds tested against a drug-sensitive...

Plant-parasitic nematodes form one of the largest sources of biotic stress imposed on plants, and are very difficult to control; among them are the obligate parasites, the sedentary root-knot nematodes (RKNs)-Meloidogyne spp.-which are extremely polyphagous and exploit a very wide range of hosts. Endophytic fungi are organisms that spend most of their life cycle within plant tissue without caus...

The role of Pasteuria penetrans in suppressing numbers of root-knot nematodes was investigated in a 7-year monocuhure of tobacco in a field naturally infested with a mixed population of Meloidogyne incognita race 1 and M. javanica. The suppressiveness of the soil was tested using four treatments: autoclaving (AC), microwaving (MW), air drying (DR), and untreated. The treated soil bioassays cons...

Root-knot nematodes, particularly Meloidogynejavanica (Treub.) Chitwood, 1949 and M. incognita (Kofoid and White) Chitwood, 1949, are among the most important pathogens of carrots (Daucus carota L.) in Brazil. They damage tap roots by galling, digitation, and constriction, resulting in lower market value (3). Even low soil densities of root-knot nematodes have been reported to reduce marketable...

Resistance to the southern root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita races 1 and 3, has been identified, incorporated, and deployed into commercial cultivars of tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum. Cultivars with resistance to other economically important root-knot nematode species attacking tobacco, M. arenaria, M. hapla, M. javanica, and other host-specific races of M. incognita, are not available in ...