ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF NEMATODES AFFECTING TOMATO PLANT (SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM) IN SA’ADU ZUNGUR UNIVERSITY BASUG (SAZU)

Student: Adam Akuyam Yakubu
Supervisor: Dr Aliyu Abdulhamid Umar
HOD: Dr Bashir Abubakar Mohammed
Department of Biological Sciences
Science
Sa'adu Zungur University, Bauchi State

Abstract

ABSTRACT Nematodes are unsegmented, worm-like organisms belong to the phylum Nematode, bilateral symmetrical, triploblastic, pseudocoelomate, they are free-living and they are known to cause reduction in plants, animals and even humans. The research aim is to isolate and identify of some nematodes from tomato plant in Sa’adu Zungur University Bauchi. It was achieved through isolating, identifying and investigation on literatures. The method of the study was Root incubation method. it was carried out within the month of July 2025 and a number of 10 samples were collected for tomato plants. The results obtained showed Sa’adu Zungur University to had the highest nematodes, discussion of the obtained data.

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