Plant-parasitic nematodes are responsible for global agricultural losses amounting to an estimated $157 billion annually. The most economically important nematode species belong to genera Meloidogyne, Globodera, Heterordera and Pratylenchus. They disrupt normal plant growth and development consequently reducing quantity and quality of the crop yield. The following subjects are: direct and indirect damage of nematode infestation, formation of specific tissues – nematode feeding site, molecular background of nematode infestation and plant physiology of Meloidogyne infested tomato plants.
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 3399528Meloidogyne ethiopica, a tropical root-knot nematode species was recorded in Slovenia, in Europe in 2003. M. ethiopica is typical polyphagous pest that can parasitise at least 80 different plant species. The host status of several vegetable crops that are important for agricultural production in Slovenia and other European regions was determined. We have demonstrated that M. ethiopica can survive in the open field conditions with sub-Mediterranean and continental European climates and developed a model predicting length of reproduction cycle depending on temperature.
B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference
COBISS.SI-ID: 3409512The experiment was set up to determine the effect of M. ethiopica infestation on root architecture and its role on physiological processes on tomato plants. The net photosynthetic rate, conductance to H2O, transpiration rate, hydraulic conductivity of the roots, leaf water potential and root surface area were measured. This study demonstrated the reduction of physiological processes in infected tomato plants depended on portion of damaged root system.
B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference
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