Diagnosis and Characterization of Ditylenchus destructor Isolated from Mazus japonicus in China.

ABSTRACT: The potato rot nematode (Ditylenchus destructor) is one of the most destructive pests in the production of tuber crops, resulting in severely decreased yields and inferior product quality. In 2021, a great number of nematodes were detected in the roots of Mazus japonicus, a weed that is harmful to crop growth, in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China. The present study was undertaken to characterize and identify the nematodes isolated from M. japonicus through morphological identification and molecular approaches. Their morphological characteristics were highly consistent with the descriptions of D. destructor Thorne, 1945. The nematodes collected from M. japonicus were identified as D. destructor haplotype B using D1/D2 and sequence characterized ampl

SUBMITTER: Song W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10455563 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature