First report of root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne arena, on lavender in Turkey

OZALP T., KONUL G., AYYILDIZ O., TULEK A., DEVRAN Z.

JOURNAL OF NEMATOLOGY, vol.52, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 52
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.21307/jefnem-2020-008
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF NEMATOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Keywords: Lavandula angustifolia, Molecular marker, DOR, INCOGNITA, CHITWOODI, FALLAX, BRAZIL
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Lavender is a medicinal and aromatic plant that is widely grown in Turkey. Gall symptoms were observed on roots of lavender (Lavandula angustifolia Mill.) collected from Kirklareli and Edirne provinces, Egg masses were coHected from gaHed roots, DNA isolated from all saneples was screened by species-specific primers belonging to the most common species of root-knot nematodes and pot arenaria was the only species that was identified in all of the samples analyzed. This is the first report of M. arenaria infecting lavender in Turkey.