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Distribution

The nematode galls have been disseminated through infested/ contaminated seed to practically all wheat producing regions of the world and at one time or the other has been reported from most of the European countries, Asiatic region of the USSR. Israel, Syria, China, Pakistan, Australia, New’ Zealand, Egypt, Brazil, India, USA-The nematode galls have been referred to under various names in different countries. Purples, ear-cockles and pepper corns are the common names for England; radenkrankheit for Germany; blenielle for France; eelworm disease, cockle wheat, nematode galls for USA; and sehun for India. The bacterial disease of wheat, commonly associated with it, is popularly known as 'yellow slimy disease' or in vernacular as 'tundu' or 'tannan'.