PLANT-PARASITIC NEMATODES ASSOCIATED WITH ORNAMENTAL PALMS IN THREE BOTANIC GARDENS IN EGYPT

Abstract

Sample of 24 available ornamental palm rhizosphere soil were analyzed from the major botanical gardens viz., Kasr-El-Manial, Orman and Zohria in Cairo, Egypt. The dominant nematode genera were:Criconemoides, Ditylenchus, Helicotylenchus and Rotylenchulus reniformis under the examined ornamental palm trees.