A NEW NEMATODE TRAPPING FUNGUS INFESTING MELOIDOGYNE ARENARIA

Authors: Carta, Lynn; Meyer, Susan; Rehner, Stephen

Submitted to: Helminthological Society of Washington Meeting
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/29/2003
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Technical Abstract: Unthrifty Meloidogyne arenaria greenhouse cultures had been maintained on tomato plants in the Beltsville, Maryland, Nematology Laboratory greenhouse. Fungal isolations from second-stage juveniles containing chlamydospores yielded a species in the Moniliales with smooth-walled chlamydospores, stalked adhesive pads, and anastomosing hyphal rings. Caenorhabditis elegans were also trapped. Morphological and ITSrDNA comparisons with published descriptions indicate this is a previously undescribed species with interesting biocontrol potential.