Two new maize cyst nematodes in Europe

Abstract

Two newly introduced cyst nematodes in Europe - Heterodera zeae and H. elachista are recently added to the EPPO Alert List and it is presumed that they can cause long-term damage because they can persist in soil for many years. The former nematode is present from 2012 while the latter is from 2014 in the EPPO Alert List. In our country they can be harmful as well, because maize is dominant crop that is grown on more than 1 million hectares and the nematodes are reported almost in our neighborhoods: Greece, Portugal and Italy.

Dve novo-introdukovane cistolike nematode - Heterodera zeae i H. elachista u Evropi su skoro stavljene na EPPO listu upozorenja, jer se pretpostavlja da, kao i ostale cistolike nematode, mogu da izazovu dugoročne štete, s obzirom na činjenicu da u zemljištu mogu da opstanu dugi niz godina. Prva nematoda je od 2012, a druga od 2014. godine na EPPO Alert Listi. Smatra se da bi mogle da izazovu značajne štete i kod nas, jer je kukuruz dominantna kultura koja se gaji na preko milion hektara, a nalazi ovih nematoda u Evropi su praktično u našem susedstvu: Grčkoj, Portugaliji, odnosno Italiji.