NEMATOLOGIA BRASILEIRA Volume 13 - fascículo único - 1989

ARTICLES

Root-knot nematodes on guava: a severe disease in Pernambuco State, Brazil – Romero M. de Moura & Adail M. de Moura …………………………………………...... 13 Comparison of techniques for axenization of Pratylenchus brachyurus, P. zeae,

Radopholus similis and Tylenchorhynchus sp. – Maria Eunice A. Castro & Silamar Ferraz ……………………………………………………………………………………. 21 Reproduction of Pratylenchus brachyurus, P. zeae, Radopholus similis and

Tylenchorhynchus sp. on carrot disks under gnotobiotic conditions – Maria Eunice A. Castro & Silamar Ferraz ………………………………………………………………… 31 Reaction of Barbados Cherry to seven phytonematode species in Brazil – Luiz Carlos C. B. Ferraz, Ailton R. Monteiro & Mário M. Inomoto ………………………………… 39 Incidence of Pratylenchus brachyurus on yam in Paraiba State, Brazil – Romero M. de Moura & Adail M. de Moura ……………………………………………………………. 51 Estimation of losses in the extraction of Tylenchulus semipenetrans from citrus roots – Ailton R. Monteiro, Mário M. Inomoto, Luiz Carlos C. B. Ferraz & Rosana Bessi ……. 59 Resistance of corn genotypes to Meloidogyne javanica – Ana Inês L. Lordello, Rubens R. A. Lordello & Eduardo Sawazaki ……………………………………………………….. 71 Resistance of Crotalaria species to Pratylenchus brachyurus and P. zeae – Gilson S. da Silva, Silamar Ferraz & Jaime M. dos Santos …………………………………………… 81 Resistance of Crotalaria species to Rotylenchulus reniformis – Gilson S. da Silva, Silamar Ferraz & Jaime M. dos Santos …………………………………………..........… 87 Effect of compost application, alone or in combination with nematicide and mineral

fertilizers, on nematode control and productivity of sugarcane – Wilson R.T. Novaretti, José O. Carderán, Jomar Strabelli & Edson Amorim ……………………………………. 93 Reaction of five sugarcane varieties in relation to Meloidogyne incognita race 1

parasitism – Elvira Maria O. Régis & Romero M. de Moura …………………………. 109 Effect of root-knot and ratoon stunting disease on sugarcane - Elvira Maria O. Régis & Romero M. de Moura …………………………………………………………………… 119 Screening maize genotypes for resistance to Meloidogyne javanica – Janete A. de Brito & Helenita Antonio …………………………………………………………………….. 129 Thermal treatment of sets of Giant Cavendish banana for the eradication of plant-

parasitic nematodes – Mário M. Inomoto & Ailton R. Monteiro …………………….. 139 Attraction, penetration and development of Meloidogyne javanica larvae in Crotalaria

roots – Gilson S. da Silva, Silamar Ferraz & Jaime M. dos Santos ……………………. 151 Effect of temperature on the egg hatching in vitro of four races of Meloidogyne

incognita – Anário Jaehn & Luiz G. E. Lordello ………………………………………. 165

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS

Acerola, Malpighia glabra L., a new host of root-knot nematodes – Ângela Franco & José J. da Ponte …………………………………………………………………………. 181 Occurrence of Xiphinema species in Maranhão State, Brazil – Luiz Carlos C. B. Ferraz, Ailton R. Monteiro & Gilson S. da Silva ……………………………………………….. 185 Parasitism of Meloidogyne incognita races and M. javanica to young rubber trees – Ana Inês L. Lordello, Rubens R. A. Lordello & Mário Cardoso ………………………. 189