FUNGUS HOSTS OF APHELENCHUS AVENAE BASTIAN, 1865 AND BURSAPHELENCHUS FUNGIVORUS FRANKLIN & HOOPER, 1962 AND THEIR ATTRACTIVENESS TO THESE NEMATODE SPECIES

Abstract

Aphelenchus avenae Bastian, 1865 and Bursaphelenchus fungivorus Franklin & Hooper, 1962 fed and reproduced on 54 and 56, respectively, of 59 fungus species. Both nematodes were attracted to most of the fungi, whether hosts or non-hosts. However, Sclerotium rolfsii Saccardo repulsed A. avenae, and Agaricus hortensis Cooke had no effect. Aphelenchus avenae was more strongly attracted to Fusarium oxysporum lycopersici (Saccardo) Snyder & Hansen than to the roots of seedlings.