First Report of Longidorus Leptocephalus Hooper, 1961 (Nematoda: Longidoridae) from Greece.

ABSTRACT: Longidorid nematodes comprise more than 500 species, and Longidorus and Xiphinema are the most diversified, prevalent, and cosmopolitan genera within plant-parasitic nematodes. The genus Longidorus comprise a group of species, some of which are vectors of plant viruses. New sampling for needle nematodes was carried out in a grapevine area in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, and one nematode species of Longidorus (L. leptocephalus) was recovered. Nematodes were extracted from soil samples by modified sieving and a decanting method. Extracted specimens were processed using glycerol, mounted on permanent slides, and subsequently identified morphologically. Nematode DNA was extracted from individual, live specimens, and PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) assays we

SUBMITTER: Clavero-Camacho I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9338712 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature