DISTRIBUTION AND HOST PLANTS OF ROOT-KNOT NEMATODES (MELOIDOGYNE) IN HUNGARY

Root-knot nematodes, Meloidogyne species are widely distributed in all the surveyed cultivated areas, especially in the sandy soil regions i n Hungary. Meloidogyne hapla was the most dominant species in all the tested fields on several cultivated plants and weeds. While M. incogni ta was the most dominant in greenhouses and plastic tunnels and caused severe damages to vegetable-crops, e.g. cucumber, tomato, capsicum an d ornamental plants such as carnation. M. arenaria and M. thamesi were seldom found on some plants. M. javanica was not detected in any of t he surveyed fields.