List of top Entomology And Nematology Questions on Nematodes asked in ICAR AIEEA (PG)

For the management of rice root-knot nematode Meloidogyne graminicola, which of the following methods are more popular

How many plant quarantine stations at different international airports, seaports and land frontiers are existing in India at present

The most recent hybrid classification of Phylum Nematoda by De Ley and Blaxter in 2002 proposes

In India, as per the label claim, the nematicide Nimitz is recommended for the management of Root-knot nematodes in

The Photorhabdus symbiont bacterial cells are found in the entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis IJs in/on the

In terms of foraging strategies, Steinernema carpocapsae is

Given below are two statements:
Statement (I): It is impossible to manage plant parasitic nematodes in protected cultivation.
Statement (II): plant-parasitic nematodes build up in the soil in the protected cultivation systems repeatedly after the application of management interventions.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Identify the nematode genera based on the following characters- Small to medium-sized (0.4-1.2 mm) ectoparasitic nematodes, females spirally coiled or rarely arcuate, cephalic region low or elevated, continuous or rarely offset, with or without annulation. Stylet robust, about three to four times maximum width of cephalic region. Both branches of female reproductive organs well developed and functional.

Given below are two statements:
Statement (I): SSU rDNA is a good phylogenetic marker for elucidating species-level phylogenetic relationships within a genera.
Statement (II): SSU rDNA phylogenetic marker is the most reliable and appropriate phylogenetic marker for nematode molecular taxonomy.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Root-lesion nematodes causing serious damage to tea and coffee are
(A) Pratylenchus loosi
(B) Pratylenchus coffeae
(C) Pratylenchus zeae
(D) Pratylenchus thornei
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Government of India had enacted the Insecticides Act way back in the year