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The Golden Nematode of Potatoes (Heterodera rostochiensis Woll., 1923) a threat to potato cultivation in the Nilgiris (Madras State)

Volume : 49
Issue: Sep-sep
Pages: 281 - 288
Published: November 03, 2023
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Abstract


The golden nematode of potatoes (Heterodera rostochiensis) was reported for the first time in India from the Nilgiris (Madras) in 1961 by Jones. Recent surveys conducted in the Nilgiris have shown that infestation is mainly confined to the Ootacamund area. The appearance of this nematode in the Nilgiris constitutes a threat to potato cultivation in that area. Written mainly with the object of focussing public attention on this important problem, the article provides basic information about the nematode and its life history, the symptoms of the disease caused, methods of detecting infestation, methods of spread, alternate hosts and methods of preventing spread. No practical control measure in known against the pest and unless immediate and effective steps are taken to check its spread, potato cultivation in the Nilgiris is bound to become increasingly difficult in the years to come.

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281 - 288
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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