Claim · model-written summary
Pratylenchus spp. occurred on date palm roots in central Iraq at 4% frequency in the listed governorates.
- Taxon
- date palm
Phoenix dactyliferat0 - Interactor
- Pratylenchus spp.
Pratylenchuse0pathogen - Outcome
- frequencye0
- Value
- 4%e0
- Setting
- Baghdad, Diyala, Najaf, and Wasite0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorDirectionQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.


Verbatim
t0“Associated with Date Palm”
e0“Eleven genera of plant-parasitic nematodes were detected in the declining order of frequency: Tylenchorhynchus spp. (20%) in Baghdad, Babil, Diyala, Karbala, and Najaf; Meloidogyne spp. (17.3%) in Baghdad, Babil, Diyala, Najaf, and Wasit; Paratylenchus spp. (16%) in Diyala and Najaf; Helicotylenchus spp. (12%) in Baghdad, Diyala, Najaf, and Wasit; Tylenchus spp. (12%) in Baghdad, Babil, Diyala, Najaf, and Wasit; Aphelenchoides spp. (6.7%) in Babil, Diyala, Karbala, and Wasit; Pratylenchus spp. (4%) in Baghdad, Diyala, Najaf, and Wasit; Ditylenchus spp. (3.3%) in Babil and Najaf; Hoplolaimus spp. (1.3%) in Diyala; and Heterodera spp. and Scutellonema spp. (0.7% each) in Diyala”
Title
Plant-Parasitic Nematode Genera Associated with Date Palm in Central Iraq
Riyadh Talib Al-Khafaji; Richard W. Smiley; Ahmed Riyadh Al-Khafaji Plant Disease 2024. doi:10.1094/pdis-07-24-1544-sr
Other claims from this paper (15)
- Observation Eleven genera of plant-parasitic nematodes occur on date palm in central Iraq.
- Observation Tylenchorhynchus spp. occurred on date palm roots in central Iraq at 20% frequency in the listed governorates.
- Observation Meloidogyne spp. occurred on date palm roots in central Iraq at 17.3% frequency in the listed governorates.
- Observation Paratylenchus spp. occurred on date palm roots in central Iraq at 16% frequency in the listed governorates.
- Observation Helicotylenchus spp. occurred on date palm roots in central Iraq at 12% frequency in the listed governorates.
- Observation Tylenchus spp. occurred on date palm roots in central Iraq at 12% frequency in the listed governorates.
- Observation Aphelenchoides spp. occurred on date palm roots in central Iraq at 6.7% frequency in the listed governorates.
- Observation Ditylenchus spp. occurred on date palm roots in central Iraq at 3.3% frequency in the listed governorates.
- Observation Hoplolaimus spp. occurred on date palm roots in central Iraq at 1.3% frequency in the listed governorates.
- Observation Heterodera spp. occurred on date palm roots in central Iraq at 0.7% frequency in the listed governorates.
- Observation Scutellonema spp. occurred on date palm roots in central Iraq at 0.7% frequency in the listed governorates.
- Observation Population density of plant-parasitic nematodes on date palm was low in Baghdad.
- Observation Meloidogyne spp. had the highest population density on date palm, 37,625 J2 per 1,000 cm3 of soil, in Diyala.
- Observation Paratylenchus spp. had the lowest population density on date palm, 20 nematodes per 1,000 cm3 of soil, in Diyala.
- Observation Plant-parasitic nematode occurrence on date palm in central Iraq is reported here for the first time.