Aphelenchoides besseyi(APLOBE)
Distribution details in Japan
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
1992: Present, no details
EPPO Reporting Service (99/154): first found in 1940 causing white-tip disease of rice. Devastating outbreak around 1970. Seed treatments are used to control the disease.
* Kobayashi, Y. (1976) Japanese Journal of Nematology 6, 80-83.
* Nakasono, K. (1978) Colecao Mossoroense Vol. 62, 19-35. Escola Superior de Agricultura, Mossoro, Brazil.
* Nishizawa, T. (1976) Japanese Journal of Nematology 6, 73-79.
* Nishizawa, T. (1999) Major plant-parasitic nematodes and their control in Japan. Agrochemicals Japan, no. 74, 2-9.
* Nakasono, K. (1978) Colecao Mossoroense Vol. 62, 19-35. Escola Superior de Agricultura, Mossoro, Brazil.
* Nishizawa, T. (1976) Japanese Journal of Nematology 6, 73-79.
* Nishizawa, T. (1999) Major plant-parasitic nematodes and their control in Japan. Agrochemicals Japan, no. 74, 2-9.