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Item Five new nematode species associated with coconut in Kerala, India(2007-02) Khan, E.; Seshadri, A.R.; Weischer, B.; Mathen, K.Five new species, Dolichodorus pulvinus, Macroposthonia oachirai, Discocriconemella recensi, Longidorus saginus and Paralotigidorus flcxus collected from sandy loam soil around the rlilzos-phere of coconut at Kayangulam (Kerala) are described and differentiated from the related species. The present investigation is a follow-up of an earlier project undertaken by B. Weischer, in collaboration with the Coconut Research Station, Kayangulam on the possible role of plant parasitic nematodes in the wilt disease of coconut in Kerala under an EPTA/UN programme in 1965 (Weischer, 1967). Five new species of nematodes collected around the rlmosphere of coconut at Kayangulam are described below. The soil in this area is a sandy loam, with a pH of 5-6.