Lavandula angustifolia and Oxalis pes-caprae, hosts of Meloidogyne hapla and Meloidogyne javanica - A note for Meloidogyne luci in Greece

Root-knot nematodes (RKN), spp., have a wide host range and are common in the Mediterranean area. Cultivated lavender ( ) was found naturally infested by in Kozani area, the first documented infestation of this crop by RKN in Greece. , a common winter weed in Crete, was found to be a host of under artificial inoculation. This weed acts as a potential winter host of the nematode in fields cultivated with vegetable crops. Two populations of were found in kiwi and maize in Greece in the past. Recently, populations of from Europe were re-classified as based only on the population isolated from kiwi for Greece. In the current work, the RKN populations originating from kiwi and maize and maintained on tomato, were identified as Nematode species identification was determined by electrophoretic analysis of protein extracts obtained from females.