Plant parasitic and virus vector nematodes associated with vineyards in the central Anatolia Region of Turkey

Grapevines is host for many plant parasitic nematode species and virus transmission species. surveys were undertaken in 15 vineyards in turkey. samples were taken from each vineyard older than 10 years,from depth of 0-30 cm and 30-60 cm. totally 300 subsamples were examined. in this study,22 species were identified belonging to 16 genus within tylenchida,aphelenchida,dorylaimida and triplonchida orders from soil and root samples of vine (vitis vinifera l.) in the central anatolia region (nevşehir,karaman,konya,isparta and burdur provinces). malenchus fusiformis,aphelenchoides clarus,a. confusus,rotylenchus (r.) colbrani,xiphinema diversicaudatum and trichodorus similis were found for the first time in turkey. the species most frequently encountered were x. pachtaicum and helicotylenchus crenacauda. copyright © 2014 zoological society of pakistan.