(Anil Kaushik) wrote in message ...
Thank you very much Nina for taking all the trouble! In fact these root
nodules were in Ficus benghalensis and Chinese elm and not in Neea
buxifolia.

That makes it sooo much easier. Gall nematodes are fairly
host-specific, and so it's unlikely that one thing is causing the
symptoms you see on both plants. Fig is attacked by a *cyst*
nematode: the nodules on roots would therefore be the actual swollen
bodies of nematodes, not galls. You should be able to see this with a
handlens.

If you are easily amused, you will enjoy
http://www.ceris.purdue.edu/napis/pe.../handbook.html

I especially like the vintage black-and-white photographs.

Nina