Meloidogyne minor has been found in potato fields
in Northern Ireland (Fleming, pers. comm.) and The
Netherlands (Karssen et al., 2004). At the location from
which M. minor was isolated in 2000 in The Netherlands,
the potato tubers (unknown cultivar) were seemingly not
infected at the time of isolation and did not show any
symptoms. In a field experiment in 2009, big pear-shaped
galls were observed on the roots and white females were
detected below the skin of tubers of cvs Asterix and
Markies but no symptoms were noticed on the outside of
the tubers (Thoden et al., 2012). In our experiments we
observed heavy infection with numerous skin blemishes
and white females with egg masses below the skin of cv.
Bintje. These symptoms were also reported by Karssen et
al. (2004) and Thoden et al. (2012) from pot tests with M.