Plant-parasitic Nematodes from Afghanistan with Discussion on the Taxonomic Status of Merlinius neohexagrammus Ivanova, 1978 (Nematoda: Dolichodoridae)

Authors
R. Asghari 1
E. Pourjam 2
E. Mohamadi Goltapeh 3
A. M. Latifi 4
1 Departmant plant pathology university tarbiat modares
2 Department of Plant Pathology, Tarbiat Modares University
3 Department of Plant Pathology, Tarbiat Modares university
4 Applied Biotechnology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
During a survey of plant-parasitic nematodes in Bamyan and Mazar Sharif provinces of Afghanistan, several species of plant-parasitic nematodes belonging to infraorder Tylenchomorpha were detected and identified. Filenchus facultativus; Filenchus discrepans; Filenchus elegantulus; Boleodorus volutus; Neopsilenchus magnidens; Coslenchus costatus; Ditylenchus myceliophagus; Tylenchorhynchus clarus; Paratylenchus microdorus and Merlinius neohexagrammus are reported here for the first time from Afghanistan. Detailed examination of M. neohexagrammus using SEM microscopy confirmed this species in the genus Merlinius by having a labial disc not marked and with four longitudinal striations on the lip region, amphid apertures located at the lateral edge of labial disc and lateral field at mid-body areolated.

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Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology
Volume 14, Issue 6
November and December 2012
Pages 1397-1404