Incidence of Plant-Destructive Nematodes and Associated Damages on Yams Grown in Nasarawa State, North-Central Nigeria

Christopher Oche Eche; Obiageli Evelyn Okafor

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Incidence of Plant-Destructive Nematodes and Associated Damages on Yams Grown in Nasarawa State, North-Central Nigeria

Christopher Oche Eche, Obiageli Evelyn Okafor

Published in Journal of Plant Sciences (Volume 9, Issue 3)

Received: 22 May 2021 Accepted: 11 June 2021 Published: 22 June 2021

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Plant-parasitic nematodes (PPNs) are a major risk to yam (Dioscorea spp.) production in Nigeria. With the aim of establishing plant-parasitic nematode genera associated with yam tubers in Nasarawa State in order to engender sustainable management options and mitigation policies for their control, surveys were conducted in the main yam-producing local government areas (LGAs) of Nasarawa. A total of 54 yam farms were surveyed for PPNs and their associated damage on yam using multi-stage sampling technique. Three communities each, in Lafia, Keana, Kokona, Awe, Obi and Doma LGAs were assessed for the incidence of PPNs and their associated damages on yam. A total of 54 farmers’ fields and 60 yam tubers were assessed in the study. The survey revealed that the eleven PPNs genera were recovered from the soil and tubers of infected yam included Pratylenchus, Hoplolaimus, Helicotylenchus, Criconema, Meloidogyne, Rotylenchus, Scutellonema, Xiphenema, Tylenchulus, Trichodorus and Rotylenchus. Meloidogyne (75.29%, Scutellonema (57.20) and Pratylenchus (44.55%), in order of descending ranking, had the highest incidences across the six LGAs. The destructive activities of these nematodes lead to in unattractive, verrucose or knobby appearances on infected yam tubers, thereby resulting in low to extremely low tuber quality of marketable yams in Nasarawa State.

Published in	Journal of Plant Sciences (Volume 9, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.jps.20210903.15
Page(s)	107-112
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Survey, Plant-Parasitic Nematodes, Discorea Spp, Yam, Nasarawa, Nigeria

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Department of Crop and Environmental Protection, Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Nigeria
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Raw Materials Research and Development Council, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria

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