KSU TARIM VE DOGA DERGISI-KSU JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURE, cilt.25, sa.2, ss.282-291, 2022 (ESCI)
Investigation of the vertical distribution of three plant-parasitic nematodes was conducted in two chickpea fields, one in southeastern (ganliurfa) and the other in central Anatolia (Ankara) Turkey during 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 growing seasons. Twelve accessions of Turkish domesticated and wild Cicer species including 3 Cicer arietinum, 4 C. echinospermum, and 5 C. reticulatum were used in the experiments..Soil samples were collected around the plant roots at a 10-20 cm and 20-30 cm depth by using an auger at each site. Maximum population densities of the root-lesion nematodes (Pratylenchus thornei (Sher et Allen) and (Pratylenchus neglectus (Rensch) Filipjev & Schuurmans) were observed at the depth of 20-30 cm, during the pod filling stage and harvest time. Also, the population density of root-lesion nematodes was higher than Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kuhn, 1857) (Tylenchida: Anguinidae) at the depths of 20-30 cm. Population density of root-lesion nematodes was positively correlated with the site, time of sampling, chickpeas species, and there was statistically significant difference between soil depth and population density of nematodes in both sites.