Abstract

Meloidogyne fallax(Karssen, 1996) was identified from specimens of potato tubers and soil from potato-producing land, and roots and soil from infected cotula (Lepinella spp.) bowling greens. M. fallax was suspected from morphological characteristics and low temperature tolerance. This was confirmed by testing with a polymerase chain reaction-based assay capable of discriminating M. hapla, M. incognita, M. javanica, M. fallax and M. chitwoodi. Meloidogyne chitwoodiwas not detected.