Response of L. (Cretan dittany) to Five Species of Root-Knot Nematodes ( spp.).

J Nematol

Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (IAS), CSIC, Avenida Menéndez Pidal s/n, 14004 Córdoba, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario, ceiA3, Spain.

Published: March 2024

Cretan dittany ( L.) is an aromatic and medicinal plant, local endemic of the island of Crete, Greece, occurring naturally to high rocky mountain habitats. Due to its commercial interest, cultivation of this plant has been recently expanded. Since natural infestations by spp. in field cultivated plants have not been found, its response to infection by , , , and was investigated in pot experiments. In all experiments, roots of dittany plants exhibited neither galls nor egg masses in contrast to the roots of tomato plants used as controls. Therefore, Cretan dittany appears to be resistant to the five species tested.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jofnem-2024-0037DOI Listing

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