Open AccessA SURVEY OF ROOT KNOT AND CLOVER CYST NEMATODES IN DRY HILL COUNTRY
Author(s) -
C. F. Mercer,
D. R. Woodfield
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
proceedings of the new zealand grassland association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1179-4577
pISSN - 0369-3902
DOI - 10.33584/jnzg.1986.47.1738
Subject(s) - nematode , biology , trifolium repens , agronomy , pasture , heterodera , root knot nematode , cyst , red clover , ecology , medicine , radiology
Clover cyst nematode (Heterodera trifolii Goffart, 1932) and root knot nematode (Meloidogyne spp.) were found throughout summer-dry hill country in the North Island. Clover cyst nematode was found at 50% of sites in the corresponding South Island hill country regions sampled but no root knot nematode was found at South Island sites. The implication for white clover breeding programmes is discussed. Keywords: Pasture, dry hill country, clover cyst nematode, root knot nematode, Heterodera trifolii, Meloidogyne sp., white clover, Trifolium repens.