The area of vineyards in Poland is about 350 ha and it is increasing every year. The main viticulture regions are located in southern and western Poland. Most of them are home-garden vineyards and grapes are used for non-commercial produce of vine. Among plant parasitic nematodes there are several species that can be harmful to grapevine. Despite that, up to date there were no studies carried out on the occurrence of those nematodes in Polish vineyards. However, as the popularity of viticulture production in Poland has been increasing, it would be worthwhile to conduct studies on this group of parasitic nematodes. Here we present preliminary results on the occurrence of species from the plant parasitic nematodes families: Criconematidae, Hoplolaimidae, Longidoridae, Paratylenchidae, Telotylenchidae, Trichodoridae and Xiphinematidae. Study was based on 22 soil samples from 8 vinyards located in małopolskie, podkarpackie and świętokrzyskie provinces. Twenty-two species of plant parasitic nematodes were detected: 7 from the family Hoplolaimidae, 6 from both Criconematidae and Telotylenchidae, 2 from Paratylenchidae and 1 from Xiphinematidae. No species from families Longidoridae and Trichodoridae were found.
This article provides new morphological data about Mesocriconema involutum (Loot, 1987) Loof, 1989, a very rare European nematode species. This is the first report on its occurrence in Poland and the third record in Europe. Specimens of M. involutum described in this article were collected from the rhizosphere of grass on the bank of Lake Kielno (northern part of Poland). The research allowed to determine the presence of two projections on the anterior vulval lip, which previously had not been described for this species. A detailed description of the tail's terminal annulus is also given.
This article provides new morphological and molecular data for Ogma aquitanense (Fies, 1968). This is the first report on the occurrence of this nematode in Poland and the second record in Europe. Our specimens correspond well with those from France described by Fies (1968), and Baujard and Luc (1985). Descriptions of partial sequences of 18S rDNA and 28S rDNA for O. aquitanense are also given.