author(s)
Priyanka Duggal and SS Mann

abstract
A survey was undertaken to determine the frequency and abundance of plant-parasitic nematodes associated with wheat (Triticum aestivum) in Haryana. During 2017 and 2018, in total 113 composite soil samples collected from Hisar and Fatehabad districts. Nematodes were extracted by Cobb’s Sieving and Decanting Technique followed by Modified Baermann’s Funnel Technique, identified to generic level and quantified. More than five genera of plant-parasitic nematodes were identified along with various type of free-living nematodes. Heterodera avenae was found in 32.3 % of the fields sampled during 2017 and 39.5 % during 2018. Pratylenchus sp. was identified in 38.4 % the fields sampled during 2017 and 35.4 during 2018.