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PARASITIC NEMATODES ASSOCIATED WITH BETELVINE (Piper betle) IN TAMIL NADU

Abstract

A survey conducted to identify various parasitic nematode species affecting betefvine in Tamil Nadu reveals the occurrence of Root knot nematodo. Meloidogyne incognits and Helicotylenchus spp. through out Tamil Nadu and Rotylenchulus reniformic and Redopho- lus similis in isolated areas Other ectoparasitic nematodes like Dorylaimids, Hoplolalmus seinhorsti, Tylenchorynchus brascicae etc., were found in large numbers in betelvine growing areas of Tamil Nadu with varying frequencies and densities.

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