Rev. 01/01/2020
Semiendoparasites - Tylenchulidae and Hoplolaimidae
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Commonalities Among These Groups |
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Tylenchulidae - Tylenchulinae
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Male juveniles and males are non-feeding; female juveniles
feed as ectoparasites. Become semiendoparasitic as young females; establish nurse cell system at root pericycle; posterior part of mature female body swollen on outside of root. |
Hoplolaimidae - Rotylenchulinae
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Juvenile stages and males are non-feeding. Become semiendoparasitic as young females; establish nurse cell system at root pericycle; posterior part of mature female body swollen on outside of root.
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Pratylenchidae
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Migratory endoparasites as juvenlies. Enlarged sedentary endoparasites as adult females; root galling response. |