Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Nematode Parasites of Okra in Ghana

Nematode Parasites of Okra in Ghana

Danso, Yaw

Paperback

Botany & Horticulture

ISBN10: 6200706670
ISBN13: 9786200706676
Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Published: Oct 27 2025
Pages: 136
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.32 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Okra is susceptible to plant-parasitic nematodes, especially Meloidogyne spp. Nematodes associated with okra were assessed in Ghana between August and December 2014. Two hundred and forty okra farmers were interviewed to determine their awareness of the nematode infection menace in okra. One hundred and two (85%) and 66 (55%) of the farmers did not know that nematodes infect okra in the Moist Semi-deciduous Forest and Forest Savanna Transition agro-ecologies, respectively. Seventy-two and 52% of okra farms assessed showed symptoms of Meloidogyne infection in the Moist Semi-deciduous Forest and Forest Savanna Transition agro-ecologies, respectively. Fifty-four okra farms were surveyed for plant-parasitic nematodes. Six nematode genera - Meloidogyne, Pratylenchus, Xiphinema, Helicotylenchus, Rotylenchulus, and Scutellonema were found. All the genera belong to the Order Tylenchida except Xiphinema, the Order Dorylaimida. Meloidogyne was the most abundant (64.90% relative abundance) and had a 100% frequency. Xiphinema, the least abundant (0.05%), occurred only in the Ejura Sekyedumase district.

Also from

Danso, Yaw

View All

Also in

Botany & Horticulture

View All