1. Distribution of Cyst Nematodes in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
- Author
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Sher Wali Khan, Sagir Hussain, Abdur Razzaq, and Qamar Abbas
- Subjects
biology ,Heterodera ,business.industry ,Fauna ,Distribution (economics) ,Heterodera avenae ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Nematode ,Genus ,Botany ,medicine ,Cyst ,business - Abstract
Cyst nematode, the Heterodera Schmidt (1871) is one of the most widely distributed and economically important plant parasitic nematode genus. During the present investigation of plant-parasitic nematode fauna from Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, four cyst nematode species viz., Heterodera avenae Wollenweber, 1924; H. mani Mathews,1971; H. schachtii Schmidt, 1871 and H. zeae Koshy, Swarup and Sethi, 1971 were detected from all four districts.
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- 2021