Survey of root-kot nematode Meloidogyne spp association with eggplant plants in Ninevh province

Abstract

A study on theroot-knot nemato deMeloidogyne spp .Included identifyin gitspresencein Fadilah , Rashidah , Guba , Sllamih , Rabeah and Agriculture college in university of Mousl ofthe Nineveh province and determination thespeciespre vailing . The results of the survey and species and diagnosis strains of root-knot nematode Meloidogyne spp in eggplant in the fields of Nineveh province that 77.77% of all the surveyed fields were infected with root-knot nematode . The highest infection 54.66% was in Guba . Whereas the lowest ( 0% ) was in Fadilah. The average of infection was 33.27% in these areas .