Plant-parasitic Nematodes in Iowa

Authors

Don C. Norton, Iowa State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Research

Keywords

Nematodes, maize, prairies, woodlands, ecology

Abstract

Ninety-nine species of plant-parasitic nematodes are recorded from Iowa. Twenty-seven are new state records. Most samples were collected from around maize or from prairies or woodlands. Similarity (Sorensen's index) of species was highest for the maize-prairie habitats (0.49), compared with maize-woodlands (0. 23), or prairie-woodland (0. 3 7) habitats. Nematode communities were most diverse in prairies with a Shannon-Weiner index (H') of 2.74, compared with 1.65 and 1.07 for woodlands and maize habitats, respectively. Evenness of species (J') was 0.41, 0.78, and 0.48 for maize, prairies, and woodlands, respectively.

Publication Date

March 1989

Journal Title

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

96

Issue

1

First Page

24

Last Page

32

Copyright

© Copyright 1989 by the Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

EN

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Norton, Don C. (1989) "Plant-parasitic Nematodes in Iowa," Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS, 96(1), 24-32.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/jias/vol96/iss1/8