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Top 10 plant‐parasitic nematodes in molecular plant pathology |
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| Authors: | John T Jones Annelies Haegeman Etienne G J Danchin Hari S Gaur Johannes Helder Michael G K Jones Taisei Kikuchi Rosa Manzanilla‐López Juan E Palomares‐Rius Wim M L Wesemael Roland N Perry |
| Institution: | 1. James Hutton Institute, , Dundee, DD2?5DA UK;2. Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Ghent University, , 9000 Ghent, Belgium;3. INRA UMR 1355, , F‐06903 Sophia‐Antipolis, France;4. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology, , Meerut, 250?110 India;5. Laboratory of Nematology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, , 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands;6. Plant Biotechnology Research Group, School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, WA State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Murdoch University, , Perth, WA, 6150 Australia;7. Department of Forest Pathology, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI), , Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305‐8687 Japan;8. Department of AgroEcology, Rothamsted Research, , Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5?24JQ UK;9. Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO), Plant Sciences Unit—Crop Protection, , B‐9820 Merelbeke, Belgium;10. Department of Biology, Nematology Unit, Ghent University, , B‐9000 Ghent, Belgium |
| Abstract: | The aim of this review was to undertake a survey of researchers working with plant‐parasitic nematodes in order to determine a ‘top 10’ list of these pathogens based on scientific and economic importance. Any such list will not be definitive as economic importance will vary depending on the region of the world in which a researcher is based. However, care was taken to include researchers from as many parts of the world as possible when carrying out the survey. The top 10 list emerging from the survey is composed of: (1) root‐knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.); (2) cyst nematodes (Heterodera and Globodera spp.); (3) root lesion nematodes (Pratylenchus spp.); (4) the burrowing nematode Radopholus similis; (5) Ditylenchus dipsaci; (6) the pine wilt nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus; (7) the reniform nematode Rotylenchulus reniformis; (8) Xiphinema index (the only virus vector nematode to make the list); (9) Nacobbus aberrans; and (10) Aphelenchoides besseyi. The biology of each nematode (or nematode group) is reviewed briefly. |
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