Brazilian Phytopathology / Fitopatologia Brasileira

Fitopatologia é uma palavra de origem grega (Phyton = planta, Pathos = doença e Logos = estudo) e indica a ciência que estuda as doenças das plantas, abrangendo todos os seus aspectos, desde a diagnose, sintomatologia, etiologia, epidemiologia, até o seu controle./ Plant Pathology is a word of Greek origin (Phyton = plant, Logos = study and Pathos = disease) and indicates the science of plant diseases, covering all aspects, from diagnosis, symptoms, etiology, epidemiology, until its control

20 de nov. de 2012

Plant-parasitic Nematodes Associated with Commercial Orchards of Passion Fruit and Adjacent Cerrado Vegetation in the Brazilian Federal District

Plant Pathol. J. 28(3) : 306-310 (2012) Populations of plant-parasitic nematodes were evaluated in soil and root samples from areas planted with passion fruit, or covered with adjacent native cerrado vegetation, in five different cropping regions of the Brazilian Federal District. From July 2007 to January 2008, twenty samples had been collected in five Rural Centers (Núcleo Rural–NR) planted with passion fruit. In five sites, samples were also collected in native cerrado vegetation. Specimens of nine genera of plant-parasitic nematodes (Meloidogyne, Helicotylenchus, Rotylenchulus, Scutellonema, Pratylenchus, Paratylenchus, Hemicycliophora, Xiphinema and Criconemoides) were found in the present survey. Important nematode pathogens, such as Rotylenchulus reniformis and Meloidogyne spp. were observed in the passion fruit plantations throughout five major producing regions of the Brazilian Federal District.