This study is the identification of root-knot nematode (RKN), Meloidogyne hapla, from strawberry in Korea using molecular analyses. Strawberry plants showed localized stunting and galled roots. Molecular analyses of COⅡ/lrRNA, 28S rDNA D2-D3 segment and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region were employed for the identification of Meloidogyne spp. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) amplification of COⅡ/lrRNA region produced a single fragment ca 528bp. Restriction digestion of the amplified PCR products with Dra1 enzyme produced two fragments at 200 and 250bp indication M. hapla. 28S rDNA D2-D3 segment and ITS were cloned and sequenced. 28S rDNA D2-D3 segment and ITS region produced a single fragment of 1004bp and 560bp, respectively. In BLAST search in Genbank, all sequences accord with other known M. hapla. As a result, all of the RKN samples were M. hapla. This study suggests that the dominant species of RKN on strawberry is M. hapla in Korea.

• Heonil Kang(Department of Plant Bioscience, Pusan National University)
• Namsook Park(Department of Plant Bioscience, Pusan National University, Nematode Research Center, Life and Industry Convergence Research Institute)
• Donggeun Kim(Department of Plant Bioscience, Pusan National University, Nematode Research Center, Life and Industry Convergence Research Institute)
• Insoo Choi(Department of Plant Bioscience, Pusan National University, Nematode Research Center, Life and Industry Convergence Research Institute)