Advanced screening methods for assessing motility and hatching in plant-parasitic nematodes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Plant-parasitic nematodes are economically important pests responsible for substantial losses in agriculture. Researchers focusing on plant-parasitic nematodes, especially on finding new ways of their control, often need to assess basic parameters such as their motility, viability, and reproduction. Traditionally, these assays involve visually counting juveniles and eggs under a dissecting microscope, making this investigation time-consuming and laborious.

Results

In this study, we established a procedure to efficiently determine the motility of two plant-parasitic nematode species, Heterodera schachtii and Ditylenchus destructor, using the WMicrotracker ONE platform. Additionally, we demonstrated that hatching of the cyst nematode H. schachtii can be evaluated us

SUBMITTER: Kadlecova A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11264999 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature