EPPO Global Database

Meloidogyne luci(MELGLC)

Distribution details in Slovenia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Present, few occurrences
First recorded in: 2003
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, one location (greenhouse), under eradication (2022-10)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2016/212) : the population found in Dornberk in 2003 on glasshouse tomatoes [see EPPO Reporting Service (2011/004) ] and initially identified as M. ethiopica was re-examined in 2015 and was showed to be M. luci. However, this nematode population is not considered to be established, as all infested tomato plants were destroyed and Meloidogyne nematodes were no longer found.

EPPO Reporting Service (2017/216) : further studies confirmed that the population previously found in Dornberk was not M. ethiopica but M. luci.

EPPO Reporting Service (2018/058) : M. luci found again in a tomato glasshouse in 2015 in Šmartno near Ljubljana. Under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2022/215) : still under eradication in the greenhouse in Šmartno. Not found in other parts of Slovenia.
References
* Gerič Stare B, Strajnar P, Susič N, Urek G, Širca S (2017) Reported populations of Meloidogyne ethiopica in Europe identified as Meloidogyne luci. Plant Disease 101(9), 1627-1632.

* Gerič Stare B, Strajnar P, Širca S, Susič N, Urek G (2018) Record of a new location for tropical root knot nematode Meloidogyne luci in Slovenia. Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 48(1), 135-137.

* Maleita CM, Simões MJ, Egas C, Curtis RHC, Abrantes IM de O (2012) Biometrical, biochemical, and molecular diagnosis of Portuguese Meloidogyne hispanica isolates. Plant Disease 96(6), 865-874.

* Janssen T, Karssen G, Verhaeven M, Coyne D, Bert W (2015) Mitochondrial coding genome analysis of tropical root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne) supports haplotype based diagnostics and reveals evidence of recent reticulate evolution. Scientific Reports 6, 22591. DOI: 10.1038/srep22591
------- Meloidogyne luci.

* NPPO of Slovenia (2022-10).

* Širca S, Urek G,& Karssen G (2004) First report of the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne ethiopica on tomato in Slovenia. Plant Disease 88(6), p 680.
------- First record on glasshouse tomatoes (Dornberk).

* Strajnar P, Širca S, Geric Stare B, Urek G (2009) Characterization of the root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne ethiopica Whitehead, 1968, from Slovenia. Russian Journal of Nematology 17, 135-142.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Italy Present, few occurrences view...