Determination of plant parasitic nematode fauna in stone fruit and pome fruit nurseries in Odemis (Izmir)

Ödemiş has a great potential in production and one of the most important production centre of nursery tree and ornamentals. This study was conducted in the Ödemiş District of İzmir Province on stone and pome fruit production areas between the years of 2008-2010. In this study, determination of plant parasitic nematodes, determination of infected areas and investigation of infection ways were aimed. For this purpose, samples from apple, peach, apricot, cherry, pear, plum, quince, walnut, persimmon, almond, pomegranate, olive, oleaster, tangerine, orange and lemon a total of 368 soil samples were taken from different 16 fruits in stone and pome fruit production areas in Ödemiş District. By using proper methods, nematodes were isolated from the soil and important plants parasitic nematode species were identified.As a result, important plant parasitic nematode species were identified as; Pratylenchus thornei (Sher ve Allen, 1953), P. penetrans (Cobb, 1917), Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid ve White, 1919), M. javanica (Treub, 1885), Xiphinema index (Cobb, 1913), Helicotylenchus multicinctus, Rotylenchulus reniformis and Tylenchulus semipenetrans (Cobb, 1913).Key Words: Plant parasitic nematodes, plantation, Ödemiş.