NEMATODE DISEASES OF SPECIES GENUS <i>FICUS </i>L. (MORACEAE LINK.) IN BOTANICAL GARDENS OF UKRAINE
During the study of nematodes species of the genus Ficus L. in the greenhouses of botanical gardens in Ukraine, 11 species of plant-parasitic nematodes was discovered. Root-knot (Meloidogyne incognita) and spiral nematodes (Helicotylenchus dihystera) were the most dangerous. Stunt (Tylenchorhynchus claytoni) and cyst nematodes (Heterodera fici) were potentially dangerous. Stunting, chlorosis and leaf death, as well as lesions, rots, and various pathologies of the root system were the main symptoms of nematode diseases.