DIAGNOSTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PLESIOROTYLENCHUS STRIATICEPS VOVLAS, CASTILLO ET LAMBERTI, 1993 (NEMATODA: TYLENCHIDA) FROM EAST MEDITERRANEAN REGION AND CENTRAL ANATOLIA

Resumen

During a nematode survey conducted between 1993-1997 Plesiorotylenchus striaticeps Vovlas, Castillo et Lamberti, 1993 (Nematoda: Tylenchida) was found at Kozan, Tarsus (east Mediteranean region of Turkey), Polatli and Haymana (Central Anatolia) in the rhizosphere of citrus, grapevines and wheat. Differences between the populations found in this study and the population originally described are discussed.