The bulb eelworm disease of narcissus in Kenya

Abstract

The Bulb Eelworm disease of Narcissus species has long been the cause of serious loss to commercial growers of these plants in bulb to Europe. It has only recently (1949) been recorded in Kenya. In appearance the disease symptoms are similar to those usually associated with fungi or bacteria. It is, however, caused by an eelworm Anguillulina dipsaci. This is quite distinct from the Root Knot eelworm Hederodera marioni which causes swellings on the roots of a large range of plants and with which most gardeners are only too familiar.