FIRST REPORT OF NEMATODES ASSOCIATED WITH Stevia rebaudiana BERTONI ––––––– A WONDER PLANT OF MULTIFARIOUS MEDICINAL USES, FROM WEST BENGAL, INDIA

Sagata Mondal; Salil Kumar Gupta

Volume : IV, Issue : IX, September - 2015

FIRST REPORT OF NEMATODES ASSOCIATED WITH Stevia rebaudiana BERTONI ––––––– A WONDER PLANT OF MULTIFARIOUS MEDICINAL USES, FROM WEST BENGAL, INDIA

Sagata Mondal, Salil Kumar Gupta

Abstract :

<p>A survey was conducted on the medicinal plant Stevia [Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni cultivated at medicinal plant unit of Ramakrishna Mission Ashram West Bengal, India, in order to explore the nematode fauna associated with it. A total of seven nematode species belonging to two orders and six families associated with the Stevia plant were recorded. Their absolute and relative frequencies and absolute and relative densities are also reported.</p>