Abstract

Investigation of the vertical distribution of three plant-parasitic nematodes was conducted in two southeastern (Şanlıurfa) and central Anatolia (Ankara) Turkey chickpea fields during 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 growing season. Twelve accessions of wild Cicer species representing three Cicer species (Cicer reticulatum L. and C. echinospermum L.) were used in the experiments for it. Soil samples were collected around the plant roots at a 10-20 cm and 20-30 cm depth by using an auger at each site. Maximum population densities of the root-lesion nematodes (Pratylenchus thornei (Sher et Allen) and (Pratylenchus neglectus (Rensch) Filipjev & Schuurmans) were observed at the depth of 20-30 cm, pod filling stage, and harvest time on most sampling. Also, the population density of root-lesion nematodes at the depths of 20-30 cm was observed as higher than Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kühn, 1857) (Tylenchida: Anguinidae) in the chickpea field. Population density of root-lesion nematodes was positively correlated with the contents of depth, site, time sampling, species chickpea, and there was determined significant difference between soil depth and population density of nematodes in both sites statistically.

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