First Report of the Lesion Nematodes: Pratylenchus Brachyurus and Pratylenchus Delattrei on Tomato (Solanum Lycopersicum L.) Plants in Cape Verde

Ł Flis; R Dobosz; K Rybarczyk-Mydłowska; B Wasilewska-Nascimento; M Kubicz; G Winiszewska

doi:10.1515/helm-2017-0053

First Report of the Lesion Nematodes: Pratylenchus Brachyurus and Pratylenchus Delattrei on Tomato (Solanum Lycopersicum L.) Plants in Cape Verde

Helminthologia. 2018 Jan 27;55(1):88-94. doi: 10.1515/helm-2017-0053. eCollection 2018 Mar.

Authors

Ł Flis¹, R Dobosz², K Rybarczyk-Mydłowska¹, B Wasilewska-Nascimento³, M Kubicz¹, G Winiszewska¹

Affiliations

¹ Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wilcza 64, 00-679 Warszawa, Poland.
² Institute of Plant Protection-National Research Institute, Węgorka 20, 60-318, Poznań, Poland.
³ University of Cape Verde, Palmarejo, CP 279-Praia, Republic of Cape Verde.

Abstract

Roots of Solanum lycopersicum L. were collected in growing season of year 2015, on the island of Santiago in Cape Verde. Morphological, morphometric and molecular (18S rDNA and 28S rDNA) studies revealed the presence of Pratylenchus brachyurus and P. delattrei in root systems and root zones of tomato plants. To our knowledge, this is the first record of the occurrence of these nematode species in Cape Verde.

Keywords: 18S rDNA; 28S rDNA; Cape Verde; Pratylenchus brachyurus; Pratylenchus delattrei; new geographic record.