EPPO Global Database

Meloidogyne chitwoodi(MELGCH)

Distribution details in Türkiye

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2006
From CABI Disease map 803 (2012): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2009/063) : first found in 2006 on potatoes in the Niğde Province, Central Anatolia. Its distribution in Turkey remains to be determined.

Evlice & Bayram (2019): isolates from Niğde, Nevşehir, and Aksaray districts. Only race 1 was detected.

EPPO Reporting Service (2022/028) : Most common root-knot nematode in potato crops in Nevşehir Province (Central Anatolia) and Izmir Province (Aegean Region)

Not recorded in seed potato production areas.
References
* Evlice E, Bayram S (2019) Meloidogyne chitwoodi races in fields of central Anatolia, Turkey. Nematropica 49:157-165. https://journals.flvc.org/nematropica/article/view/119431

* Evlice E (2021) Current occurrence and prevalence of root-knot nematodes species, Meloidogyne spp. Goeldi, 1892 (Tylenchida: Meloidogynidae) in ware potato fields of Turkey. Turkish Journal of Entomology, 45(2), 207-218. https://doi.org/10.16970/entoted.897293
------- important ware potato cultivation areas of Turkey were found to be infested with Meloidogyne spp. (Niğde, Nevşehir, Aksaray and Kayseri Provinces), but the important seed potato-growing areas were found to be free of Meloidogyne spp.

* Evlice E, Toktay H, Yatkın G, Erdoğuş FD, İmren M (2022) Population fluctuations of root-knot nematodes Meloidogyne chitwoodi and M. hapla under field conditions. Phytoparasitica 50(1), 233-242.

* Ozarslandan A, Devran Z, Mutlu N, Elekcioglu IH (2009) First report of Columbia root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne chitwoodi) in potato in Turkey. Plant Disease 93(3), p 316.

* Pehlivan HD, Kaşkavalci G, Uludamar Eb, Toktay H, Elekcioğlu H (2020) Identification and prevalence of potato cyst nematodes and root-knot nematodes in the potato production areas of İzmir Province, Turkey. Turkish Journal of Entomology 44(2), 259-272.
------- Izmir.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Bulgaria Absent, confirmed by survey view...