@article{article_789346, title={Phytophagous nematodes in cereal fields in Niğde Province, Turkey}, journal={Turkish Journal of Entomology}, volume={44}, pages={559–569}, year={2020}, DOI={10.16970/entoted.789346}, author={Toktay, Halil and İmren, Mustafa and Akyol, Badel and Evlice, Emre and Rıley, Ian Timothy and Dababat, Abdelfattah}, keywords={Teşhis, Heterodera spp., filogenetik, bitki paraziti nematodlar, buğday}, abstract={This study evaluated the occurrence and incidence of phytophagous nematodes and identified the cereal cyst nematode species by morphological and molecular tools in the main cereal-growing areas in Niğde in 2018-2019. Phytophagous nematodes within twelve genera were detected in 95% of soil samples. The most common phytophagous nematodes in cereal soil were in the genera <i>Heterodera, Ditylenchus </i>, <i> Merlinius </i>, <i> Pratylenchus </i>, <i> Aphelenchus </i>, <i> Aphelenchoides </i>, <i> Tylenchus </i>, <i> Helicotylenchus </i>, <i> Trophurus </i>, <i> Pratylenchoides </i>, <i> Filenchus  </i>and <i> Xiphinema </i> (in decreasing order of incidence). In particular, 75% of the soil samples from surveyed fields were infested with the cereal cyst nematodes (Heterodera spp.). Morphological characteristics of cysts and second-stage juveniles were calculated within the expected ranges for <i>Heterodera filipjevi </i> (Madzhidov, 1981) Stelter, 1984, however, two populations from Çamardı was determined as <i>Heterodera latipons </i> Franklin, 1969 (Tylenchida: Heteroderidae). Intraspecific variation was not observed within the populations of <i>H. filipjevi </i>which could be in the same genotypic group. In addition to the high incidence of these <i>Heterodera </i> spp., intensive cereal cropping systems with/without non-cereal rotations in wheat production areas of Niğde also resulted in high incidence of root lesion nematode, <i>Pratylenchus </i> species.}, number={4}, publisher={Türkiye Entomoloji Derneği}