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The effects of root lesion nematodes (Pratylenchus thornei) on rhizobium

bacteria of chickpea plant

Article in Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi Tarım ve Doğa Dergisi · October 2021
DOI: 10.18016/ksutarimdoga.vi.956915

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 The effects of root lesion nematodes (Pratylenchus thornei) on rhizobium bacteria of

chickpea plant

ABSTRACT

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) is one of the most significant legume crops and supply high-quality
protein for human nutrition. legume crops such as chickpea are important agriculturally because of
their symbiotic ability to nitrogen fixation with specific soil bacteria. Legumes like chickpea depend
on nitrogen provided by the activity to grow, but these rhizobium bacteria are affected by plant-
parasitic nematodes that cause less activity and decrease the number of nodules in chickpea plant.
The root lesion nematodes (Pratylenchus thornei) are common and economically important pests
described as one of the major limiting factors in agriculture and the growing chickpea field in the
world. In this study, the effects of this nematode on the number of rhizobia (nodules) and rhizobium
bacteria activity were assessed in both wild and domesticated accession of Cicer species under
laboratory conditions. We inoculated all Cicer accession with the Mesorhizobium bacteria and with
one species of the genus Pratylenchus (Pratylenchus thornei).The result showed that P. thornei has a
negative impact on the number of nodules and the activity of rhizobium bacteria. Nematode infection
on chickpea caused decreased nodulation. Where, nematode infected plant formed 4-8 nodules/root
and less nodule number than an uninfected plant.

Keywords: Chickpea, rhizobium bacteria, Pratylenchus thorne

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