Two new species of Helicotylenchus Steiner, 1945 (Tylenchida: Nematoda) from Maharashtra, India
Authors
K. S. Darekar
E. Khan
Abstract
Soil samples were collected at random from Pune, Nasik and Solapur districts of Maharashtra State during the period of 1975-77 for knowing different soil and plant parasitic nematodes associated with agricultural crops. The nematodes were extracted by a decanting and sieving method, killed by gentle heat and fixed by adding an equal volume of 5 per cent formalin to the nematode suspension. Permanent mounts were prepared by processing the specimens in dehydrated glycerine by Seinhort's (1959) method. Two new species of Helicotylenchus Steiner, 1945 were found and described here.