DISTRIBUTION AND REGULATION OF MELOIDOGYNE NATALIEI

Between 1978 and 1990, eight surveys were conducted in southwest Michi gan to document the occurrence of Meloidogyne nataliei, the Michigan g rape root-knot nematode. The known distribution of M. nataliei is limi ted to a total of six sections in Antwerp and Porter Townships in Van Buren County, Michigan. In 1984, a M. nataliei regulatory program was initiated by the Michigan Department of Agriculture, U. S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, and Michiga n State University. The program was designed to reduce risk of damage associated with this nematode.