PARASITIC NEMATODES ASSOCIATED WITH BAMBOO PLANTS -I. SPECIES OF HELICOTYLENCHUS FROM MANIPUR
N. MOHILAL *
PARASITOLOGY LABORATORY, DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES, MANIPUR UNIVERSITY, CANCHIPUR - 795003, INDIA.
CH. DHANACHAND *
PARASITOLOGY LABORATORY, DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES, MANIPUR UNIVERSITY, CANCHIPUR - 795003, INDIA.
Y. ANANDI *
PARASITOLOGY LABORATORY, DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES, MANIPUR UNIVERSITY, CANCHIPUR - 795003, INDIA.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
unvey of parasitic nematodes of Bamboo plants in Manipur revealed the occurrence of a large number of natodes belonging to the order Tylenchida. In this report eight known species of Helicotylenchus are corded. Helicotylenchus seshadrii and H. gramminophilus are being reported for the first time from Manipur.