Table 1.
Populations of Meloidogyne species collected in this study.
| Number | Sampling area | N | E | Sample | Host plant | Molecular code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boshehr province-Abdan | 28°11´00.38˝ | 51°74´07.94˝ | Soil and root | Tomato | MJ1 |
| 2 | Boshehr province-Abdan | 28°10´99.86˝ | 51°74´08.46˝ | Soil and root | Tomato | MJ2 |
| 3 | Boshehr province-Abdan | 28°11´00.58˝ | 51°74´07.97˝ | Soil and root | Tomato | MJ3 |
| 4 | Boshehr province-Abdan | 28°11´00.29˝ | 51°74´08.27˝ | Soil and root | Tomato | MJ4 |
| 5 | Boshehr province-Abdan | 28°11´00.31˝ | 51°74´08.28˝ | Soil and root | Tomato | MJ5 |
| 6 | Boshehr province-Abdan | 28°10´95.09˝ | 51°74´04.66˝ | Soil and root | Tomato | MJ6 |
| 7 | Boshehr province-Abdan | 28°10´94.93˝ | 51°74´04.44˝ | Soil and root | Tomato | MJ7 |
| 8 | Boshehr province-Abdan | 28°10´94.82˝ | 51°74´04.43˝ | Soil and root | Tomato | MJ8 |
| 9 | Boshehr province-Abdan | 28°10´94.56˝ | 51°74´03.85˝ | Soil and root | Tomato | MJ9 |
| 10 | Boshehr province-Abdan | 28°10´94.47˝ | 51°74´03.81˝ | Soil and root | Tomato | MJ10 |
| 11 | Boshehr province-Deir Port | 27°91´15.43˝ | 51°98´02.27˝ | Soil and root | Tomato | MJ11 |
| 12 | Boshehr province-Deir Port | 27°91´15.16˝ | 51°98´02.71˝ | Soil and root | Tomato | MJ12 |
| 13 | Boshehr province-Deir Port | 27°91´17.39˝ | 51°98´03.58˝ | Soil and root | Tomato | MJ13 |
| 14 | Boshehr province-Deir Port | 27°91´17.33˝ | 51°98´03.47˝ | Soil and root | Tomato | MJ14 |
| 15 | Boshehr province-Deir Port | 27°91´44.84˝ | 51°98´43.36˝ | Soil and root | Tomato | MJ15 |
| 16 | Boshehr province-Bardkhon | 28°07´54.24˝ | 51°48´89.26˝ | Soil and root | Tomato | MJ16 |
| 17 | Boshehr province-Bardkhon | 28°07´51.78˝ | 51°48´90.21˝ | Soil and root | Tomato | MJ17 |
| 18 | Boshehr province-Bardkhon | 28°36´13.93˝ | 51°48´90.22˝ | Soil and root | Tomato | MJ18 |
| 19 | Boshehr province-Bardkhon | 28°07´51.25˝ | 51°48´84.44˝ | Soil and root | Tomato | MJ19 |
| 20 | Boshehr province-Bardkhon | 28°07´51.92˝ | 51°48´82.48˝ | Soil and root | Tomato | MJ20 |
| 21 | Boshehr province-Bardkhon | 28°07´52.13˝ | 51°48´82.42˝ | Soil and root | Tomato | MJ21 |
| 22 | Boshehr province-Bardkhon | 28°07´52.15˝ | 51°48´82.19˝ | Soil and root | Tomato | MJ22 |
| 23 | Kerman province-Jiroft | 28°41´09.00˝ | 57°40´13.81˝ | Root | Mallow | MJ23 |
| 24 | Kerman province-Jiroft | 28°41´35.08˝ | 57°39´25.18˝ | Root | Goosefoot | MJ24 |
| 25 | Kerman province-Jiroft | 28°42´22.57˝ | 57°43´05.86˝ | Root | Eggplant | MJ25 |
| 26 | Fars province-Beyza | 29°55´30.53˝ | 52°26´28.41˝ | Soil and root | Cucumber | MJ26 |
| 27 | Fars province-Beyza | 29°55´51.85˝ | 52°26´44.88˝ | Soil and root | Cucumber | MJ27 |
| 28 | Fars province-Beyza | 29°55´59.49˝ | 52°26´51.00˝ | Soil and root | Cucumber | MJ28 |
| 29 | Fars province-Beyza | 29°55´16.00˝ | 52°27´20.15˝ | Soil and root | Cucumber | MJ29 |
| 30 | Fars province-Beyza | 29°55´11.72˝ | 52°27´27.93˝ | Soil and root | Cucumber | MJ30 |
| 31 | Fars province-khafr | 28°57´44.57˝ | 53°11´58.46˝ | Soil and root | Okra | MJ31 |
| 32 | Fars province-khafr | 28°57´35.80˝ | 53°12´32.31˝ | Soil and root | Okra | MJ32 |
| 33 | Fars province-khafr | 28°57´34.97˝ | 53°12´28.38˝ | Soil and root | Okra | MJ33 |
| 34 | Fars province-khafr | 28°58´56.08˝ | 53°11´47.87˝ | Soil and root | Okra | MJ34 |
| 35 | Fars province-Kazeron | 29°33´23.23˝ | 51°45´56.27˝ | Soil and root | Tomato | MJ35 |
| 36 | Fars province-Kazeron | 29°33´25.22˝ | 51°45´42.76˝ | Soil and root | Tomato | MJ36 |
| 37 | Fars province-Kazeron | 29°33´42.68˝ | 51°45´08.64˝ | Soil and root | Tomato | MJ37 |
| 38 | Fars province-Fasa | 29°00´46.56˝ | 53°37´42.27˝ | Soil and root | Cucumber | MI1 |
| 39 | Fars province-Fasa | 29°00´46.56˝ | 53°37´42.27˝ | Soil and root | Cucumber | MI2 |
| 40 | Fars province-Fasa | 29°00´46.56˝ | 53°37´42.27˝ | Soil and root | Cucumber | MI3 |
| 41 | Fars province-Fasa | 29°00´46.56˝ | 53°37´42.27˝ | Soil and root | Cucumber | MI4 |
Table 2.
All primers used for ISSR, RAPD and species-specific identification of Meloidogyne species during the present study.
| ISSR | RAPD | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (CCA)5 | 5´-CCACCACCACCACCA-3' | OPA8 | 5’-GTGACGTAGG-3' |
| (GTG)6 | 5'-GTGGTGGTGGTGGTGGTG-3' | OPA10 | 5'-GTGATCGCAG-3' |
| (ATG)6 | 5'-ATGATGATGATGATGATG-3' | OPA13 | 5'-CAGCACCCAC-3' |
| (GAG)4GC | 5'-GAGGAGGAGGAGGC-3' | OPAD10 | 5'-AAGAGGCCAG-3' |
| (GACA)4 | 5'-GACAGACAGACAGACA-3' | OPE18 | 5'-GGACTGCAGA-3' |
| (GA)8C | 5'-GAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAC-3' | OPP17 | 5'-TGACCCGCCT-3' |
| (AC)8T | 5'-ACACACACACACACACT-3' | OPB11 | 5'-GTAGACCCGT-3' |
| (CA)8G | 5'-CACACACACACACACAG-3' | OPB17 | 5'-AGGGAACGAG-3' |
| (CTC)4GC | 5'-CTCCTCCTCCTCGC-3' | OPD8 | 5'-GTGTGCCCCA-3' |
| (GAGA)4GG | 5'-GAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGG-3' | OPC8 | 5'-TGGACCGGTG-3' |
| Species-specific primers | |||
| M. javanica | Fjav (5'-GGTGCGCGATTGAACTGAGC-3') | M. incognita | Finc (5'-CTCTGCCCAATGAGCTGTCC-3') |
| Rjav (5'-CAGGCCCTTCAGTGGAACTATAC-3') | Rinc (5'-CTCTGCCCTCACATTAAG-3') | ||
| M. arenaria | Far (5'-TCGGCGATAGAGGTAAATGAC-3') | M. hapla | F (5'- TGACGGCGGTGAGTGCGA-3') |
| Rar (5'-TCGGCGATAGACACTACAAACT-3') | R (5'-TGACGGCGGTACCTCATAG-3') | ||
Table 3.
Average of the morphometrics of females, J2s and males of five populations of Meloidogyne javanica parasitizing vegetables in southern Iran.
| Females | Males | Second-stage juveniles (J2s)† | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnostic characters | 15 | CV | 10 | CV | MJ1 | MJ4 | MJ8 | MJ14 | MJ15 | 50 | CV |
| L (including neck) | 686±127 (506-1,010) | 18 | 1482±155 (1189-1,694) | 10 | 463 | 457 | 449 | 482 | 469 | 464±19 (429-497) | 4 |
| Body width (W) | 420±99 (274-568) | 23 | 33±2.8 (29-38) | 9 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15±1.5 (12-18) | 9 |
| Neck length | 259±87 (153-540) | 33 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Stylet | 15±2 (13-18) | 14 | 18±1.2 (16-19) | 6 | 9.7 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 10±0.5 (9-12) | 5 |
| DGO | 3.1±0.6 (2.0-3.9) | 20 | 3.3±0.2 (3.1-3.5) | 5 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.2±0.5 (1.5-3.7) | 22 |
| Excretory pore | 190±30 (145-270) | 16 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Vulval slit length | 21±3 (15-27) | 15 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Vulva-anus distance | 16±4 (12-28) | 25 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Inter-phasmidial distance | 78 ± 16 (58-108) | 20 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Tail length | − | − | 14±2.1 (10-17) | 15 | 51 | 55 | 55 | 58 | 57 | 55±5 (40-66) | 9 |
| Hyaline length | − | − | − | − | 11 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 13±4 (7-20) | 27 |
| Pharynx (glands end) | − | − | 473±50 (390-552) | 11 | 164 | 202 | 197 | 201 | 201 | 193±23 (90-216) | 12 |
| Body length to width (a) | 1.7±0.4 (1.2-2.6) | 22 | 45±4.5 (37-51) | 10 | 38 | 32 | 29 | 33 | 30 | 31±3 (25-39) | 10 |
| b | − | − | 6.6±1.3 (4.8-8.1) | 20 | 6.4 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.2±1.4 (4.3-12.4) | 27 |
| b' | − | − | 3.1±0.6 (2.4-3.9) | 18 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.5±0.5 (2.0-5.2) | 22 |
| c | − | − | 113±26 (87-169) | 23 | 9.4 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.5±0.8 (7.2-11.3) | 10 |
| c' | − | − | 0.5±0.1 (0.3-1.0) | 19 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 5.7±0.5 (4.7-7.2) | 10 |
| Spicules | − | − | 23±5.8 (15-29) | 24 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Gubernaculum | − | − | 13±2.8 (8-17) | 20 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |

Figure 1:
Species-specific 670 bp band in the populations of Meloidogyne javanica recovered from southern Iran. (For population codes, see Table 1).

Figure 2:
Species-specific 1200 bp band in the populations of Meloidogyne incognita recovered from southern Iran. (For population codes, see Table 1).
Table 4.
Genetic diversity estimates of Meloidogyne javanica populations recovered from southern Iran by RAPD and ISSR analyses.
| ISSR | RAPD | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | %P† | H | I | %P | H | I |
| Abdan (10)†† | 25.61 | 0.110 | 0.158 | 36.11 | 0.150 | 0.218 |
| Deir (5) | 20.73 | 0.092 | 0.130 | 30.00 | 0.132 | 0.189 |
| Bardkhon (7) | 24.39 | 0.097 | 0.141 | 30.56 | 0.118 | 0.173 |
| Jiroft (3) | 10.37 | 0.039 | 0.058 | 17.78 | 0.079 | 0.113 |
| Beiza (5) | 21.34 | 0.088 | 0.128 | 22.78 | 0.095 | 0.137 |
| Khafr (4) | 18.29 | 0.076 | 0.110 | 16.11 | 0.064 | 0.093 |
| Kazeron (3) | 12.80 | 0.057 | 0.081 | 18.89 | 0.079 | 0.114 |
| Mean | 19.08 | 0.080 | 0.115 | 24.60 | 0.103 | 0.148 |

Figure 3:
RAPD (left) and ISSR (right) patterns for 19 populations of Meloidogyne javanica generated with the primer (CCA)5 and OPAD10. DNA Ladder = 200 bp. (For population codes, see Table 1).
Table 5.
Nei’s (1978) unbiased genetic distance between pairs of Meloidogyne javanica populations detected by RAPD and ISSR analyses.
| Population† | Abdan | Deir | Bardkhon | Jiroft | Beiza | Khafr | Kazeron |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdan | – | 0.032 | 0.070 | 0.074 | 0.091 | 0.084 | 0.088 |
| Deir | 0.082 | – | 0.054 | 0.076 | 0.068 | 0.088 | 0.091 |
| Bardkhon | 0.090 | 0.076 | – | 0.046 | 0.045 | 0.039 | 0.059 |
| Jiroft | 0.069 | 0.127 | 0.119 | – | 0.071 | 0.040 | 0.025 |
| Beiza | 0.043 | 0.080 | 0.119 | 0.108 | – | 0.073 | 0.071 |
| Khafr | 0.080 | 0.055 | 0.143 | 0.134 | 0.075 | – | 0.051 |
| Kazeron | 0.120 | 0.071 | 0.050 | 0.156 | 0.132 | 0.162 | – |

Figure 4:
UPGMA cluster diagram based on Dice coefficient estimated from 180 RAPD markers for 37 populations of Meloidogyne javanica (For population codes, see Table 1).

Figure 5:
UPGMA cluster diagram based on Dice coefficient estimated from 164 ISSR markers for 37 populations of the Meloidogyne javanica (For population codes, see Table 1).
Table 6.
Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) of Meloidogyne javanica populations based on RAPD and ISSR data.
| Marker | Source of variation | Degree of freedom | Sum of squares | Variance components | Percentage of variation | Fixation index (F ST )† | Number of migrants (Nm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Between populations | 6 | 148.88 | 2.63* | 19 | |||
| RAPD | Within populations | 30 | 340.85 | 11.36* | 81 | 0.188 | 1.079 |
| Total | 36 | 489.73 | 13.99 | ||||
| Between populations | 6 | 90.68 | 1.34* | 14 | |||
| ISSR | Within populations | 30 | 247.80 | 8.26* | 86 | 0.140 | 1.535 |
| Total | 36 | 338.49 | 9.60 |

Figure 6:
A Mantel test showing correlation between RAPD and ISSR datasets of the populations of Meloidogyne javanica recovered from southern Iran.