research-article | 30-November-2019
Highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) is an economically important crop in British Columbia (BC) and the Pacific Northwest of North America. In BC, over 12,000 ha of blueberry fields yielded an average of 76,750 tons of marketable fruit over the 2014 to 2015 period (Statistics Canada, 2019). Several groups of plant-parasitic nematodes have been found to be associated with highbush blueberry in the region, with Pratylenchus and Paratrichodorus nematodes being the most frequently found
Thomas Forge,
David Ehret,
Aime Messiga,
Martine Dorais
Journal of Nematology, Volume 52 , 1–14
research-article | 06-March-2020
Elaeocarpus decipiens F.B.Forbes & Hemsl. (Japanese blueberry tree; Oxalidales: Elaeocarpaceae) is an evergreen tree native to East Asia. Its stylish branching pattern, opulent growth, solid form and beautiful tropical foliage make this plant species an attractive landscape tree. In October 2019, a sample of soil and roots was collected from under an E. decipiens in Hernando County, FL and submitted for certification for Meloidogyne enterolobii (Yang and Eisenback, 1983) at the Division of
M. R. Moore,
J. A. Brito,
S. Qiu,
C. G. Roberts,
L. A. Combee
Journal of Nematology, Volume 52 , 1–3