EPPO Global Database

EPPO Reporting Service no. 03 - 1991 Num. article: 1991/02

Nematodes in the former German Democratic Republic


An account has been given of nematode species which were introduced to the territory of the former German Democratic Republic.

                               Introduced, non-native plant parasitic nematodes

established nematodes

Globodera rostochiensis
Globodera pallida
Meloidogyne incognita
M. arenaria
M. javanica
Heterodera fici*
H. cacti
Pratylenchus vulnus*
Paratrichodorus renifer*
Tetylenchus joctus (on Merlinius)
Tylenchorhynchus claytoni
Zygotylenchus guevarai*
Quinisulcius capitatus*
Helicotylenchus dihysteria*
Scutellonema brachyrum*
Paratylenchus minutus*
Tylenchorhynchus mexicamus*
Bursaphelenchus mucronatus* ?

not established nematodes

Radopholus similis*
Aphelenchoides subtenuis*
Rotylenchulus reniformis*
Xiphinema mediterraneum (=pachtaicum)*
Amplimerlinius icarus*
Pratylenchus acuticaudatus*
P. wescolagricus*
Helicotylenchus erythrinae*
H. retusus*


* These nematodes were first detected in the country by the Central Quarantine Laboratory.


Sources

Braasch, H. (1990) [Introduction and establishment of originally non-native nematode species in Germany.]
Mitteilungen aus dem Zentralen Quarantänelaboratorium, Potsdam ZQL-Information 1990, 37-39 (in German)