Nematodes in ornamental and flowering plant
roots at Lavras, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Soil and roots samples from ornamental and flowery
plants were collected in the nursery of Agricultural
Department of Federal Unversity of Lavras (UFLA).
In the laboratory, free soil nematodes were extracted
by Jenkins technique. By liquefier trituration, were obtained
the sedentaries nematodes. The Xiphinema genus
were obtained through soil sifting in the sieves mesh
and it was collected among the dregs, through of individual
separation at the microscope. The frequency of
plant nematodes in the samples were: Helicotylenchus
dihystera (19.7%), Meloidogyne incognita (16.7%), Xiphinema brasiliensi (10.61%), Meloidogyne spp.
(9.09%), Ogma sp. (7.58%), Trichodorus sp. (7.58%), Meloidogyne javanica (7.58%), Criconemella ornata
(4.55%), Tylenchorrynchus sp. (4.55%), Aphelenchus
sp. (3.03%), Xiphinema spp. (3.03%), Aphelenchus
avenae (1.52%), Tylenchulus semipenetrans (1.52%), Dorilaimus sp. (1.52%) and Ditylenchus sp. (1.52%).