Abstract
Several populations of Xiphinema simile Lamberti, Choleva & Agostinelli, 1983 and two of X. parasimile Barsi & Lamberti, 2004, originating from various habitats – natural and man-made, have been studied. Xiphinema simile was associated both with cultivated and naturally growing plants, while X. parasimile was recovered from soil around grapevine. Data on the morphological and biometrical characteristics (including juvenile stages) are presented and variations discussed. Pharyngeal bulbus and glandularium length, vaginal and uterine characteristics were shown to be good differentiating characters. Present report of X. parasimile is a new record for Bulgaria as well as a new plant association for the species. The description of its male is provided for the first time. The Bulgarian population of X. parasimile showed the same pattern as the Serbian population revealed by the RFLP analyses of D1-D2 region.
Highlights
IntroductionXiphinema simile has been originally described from Bulgaria in association with poplar, grapevine, fruit-trees, black current (Lamberti et al 1983), and subsequently has been reported from forest nurseries (Peneva and Choleva 1992)
The present study is focused on the morphology and distribution of two closely related species of the Xiphinema americanum lineage from Bulgaria – Xiphinema simileCopyright Stela S
Xiphinema simile was recovered from five locations of North Bulgaria in association with different plants: cherry plum grove (Prunus cerasifera Ehrh., Kalimok – Brashlen (KB) protected area, along Danube river), abandoned vineyard (Vitis vinifera L., near village of Orlyane (Or)), around oak trees in a mixed broadleaved forest
Summary
Xiphinema simile has been originally described from Bulgaria in association with poplar, grapevine, fruit-trees, black current (Lamberti et al 1983), and subsequently has been reported from forest nurseries (Peneva and Choleva 1992). Outside Europe X. simile has been reported from Kenya in the rhizosphere of pepper and baobab trees, and riverine forest (Coomans and Heyns 1997)
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