IOSR Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences (IOSR-JPBS) e-ISSN:2278-3008, p-ISSN:2319-7676. Volume 12, Issue 5 Ver. II (Sep. – Oct. 2017), PP 68-73 www.iosrjournals.org DOI: 10.9790/3008-1205026873 www.iosrjournals.org 68 | Page The Nematode Diversity from Sugarcane Fields in Aurangabad Region Maharashtra State, India Rajendra B. Gade, Chandrashekhar J. Hiware * Department of Zoology. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad. Corresponding author: Chandrashekhar J. Hiware Abstract : The Plant parasitic nematodes of sugarcane are diversely reportable with the connected decline in sugarcane productivity. Soil nematodes were studied in Aurangabad region by choosing four totally different sites. The aim of this study was to seek out soil nematodes related to sugarcane fields. The soil samples were collected from the sugarcane root zones from the four totally different sugarcane fields. The Nematodes were extracted from soil samples by the Baermann’s funnel technique. The Nematodes were identified up to Genus level and therefore the numbers of nematodes per 150grams of soil were determined. From the selected fields, eleven genera of nematodes were collected & identified from soils. The Nematodes known in soils collected from sugarcane root zones which are belongs to the genus, Iotonchus, Dorylaimus, Dorylaimoides, Indodorylaimus, Xiphinema, Eudorylaimus, Axonchium, Longidorus, Hemicycliophora, Monhystera, and Hoplolaimus. During this study, Dorylaimus acquire a highest position in diversity from all chosen sugarcane fields and lowest position in October month from Paithan and Aurangabad taluka similarly as Hoplolaimus and Xiphinema acquire the lowest position in July and December month from Phulambri and Khultabad taluka. The elaborate results mentioned within the text associated with the diversity of nematode in sugarcane fields. Keywords: Aurangabad region; Diversity indices; Soil nematode diversity; Sugarcane fields --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date of Submission: 31-08-2017 Date of acceptance: 13-09-2017 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. Introduction India is the agriculture land country. Most of the population of India depends on the agriculture sector. In olden days traditionally farming was come out but in this year modern agriculture and scientific technology is adapted. A farmer uses/apply different varieties and made green revolution by modern man in agriculture area. In India different type of crops are cultivated such as Food grains (Rice, Wheat, Millets and Pulses), Commercial Crops (Sugarcane, Cotton and Oilseeds), Plantation Crops (Tea and Coffee). From this entire crops the sugarcane, cotton and oilseeds are the commercial crops of India which are cultivated in different areas of the country. India has the largest area under sugarcane cultivation in the world and the second largest producer next to Brazil. In India the sugarcane cultivation is distributed in three distinct geographical regions. These regions are: (i) The Satluj-Ganga plain from Punjab to Bihar containing 51% of the total area and 60% of the country’s total production. (ii) The black soil belt from Maharashtra to Tamil Nadu along the eastern slopes of the Western Ghats. (iii) Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Krishna river valley. In India the largest sugar manufacturing state is the Uttarpradesh, and the second largest sugar manufacturing state in India that is Maharashtra. As a result of the Maharashtra state contributes the whole 34% of sugar production within the country. The Sugarcane crop is the most essential and necessary harvest of the tropics and sub tropics region [1]. The sugarcane crop is that the rather more essential and necessary as a result of with its nice potentials for interchange earnings. From the sugarcane the foremost necessary and main product sugar which can be used worldwide as sweetener, liquidizer and as preservatives. It is also the essential and main element of the many more diet, and nearly indispensible within the food industrialized and conjointly employed in pharmaceutical industries [2]. The family demand of sugar is close to concerning 22-23 million tonnes yearly, whereas to the opposite hand the assembly of sugar in India throughout last five years is close to concerning 24.3 to 26.3 Million ton. In India close to concerning 527 sugar factories can put in with the yearly sugar production capability close to concerning 242 large integer tonnes. Within the world the Sugarcane growing countries which can be situated between the latitude 36.7° north and 31.0°. The cultivation of the sugarcane all over the India from the latitude 8° N to 33° N, except Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Kashmir because they are come under the cold hilly areas . Girei and Giroh (2012) established within the agriculture sector the various forms of factors are responsible for decline of sugarcane productivity from sugarcane fields. The nematodes are most responsible for the decline in sugarcane production [3]. The scientific report of elsewhere indicates that the various years of Monocropping that is responsible for occuring soil born pests and diseases. The diversity of the nematodes is usually largest in sugarcane crop than the other crop. From the root and Rhizosphere part of the