Morphological and molecular identification of <i>Globodera artemisiae</i> (Eroshenko & Kazachenko, 1972) in Hungary
The Plant Health and Molecular Biology Laboratory of the Hungarian National Food Chain Safety Office carries out permanent inspections to keep nurseries (grapes, fruits, berries) free of quarantine species of Globodera (Skarbilovich, 1959) Behrens, 1975. There are some non-virulent Globodera species in Europe, which show morphological characters very similar to species of potato cyst nematodes. One of them is Globodera artemisiae (Eroshenko & Kazachenko, 1972), known as a parasite of Artemisia spp. (Asteraceae). In 2012 G. artemisiae was found in field samples evaluated for phytosanitary regulation (pre-plant, vineyard) from Veszprém County (Hungary). Traditional identification of the species was confirmed by sequence analysis of three rDNA regions.