Nematology 100: Lecture 7

Migratory ectoparasitic nematodes: Xiphinema and Longidorus spp. (Dorylaimida); Trichodorus and Paratrichodorus spp. (Triplonchida)

Electron micrographs and explanatory diagrams from Robertson and Taylor slide set (Scottish Horticultural Research Institute)


 

Classification

Longidoridae

Morphology and anatomy

Feeding habits

Xiphinema

Sweet cherry dieback, Utah

Xiphinema

Cherry roots

Xiphinema index

Grape root galling

Xiphinema index

Grape root galling

Xiphinema index

Damage to St. George rootstock (right)

Xiphinema index

Feeding at root tip

Xiphinema index

Root tip cell hypertrophy

Grapevine fanleaf virus

Dr. Austin Goheen and Cindy Anderson inspecting fan-leaf infected vine.

Xiphinema index

Grapevine fanleaf symptoms

Virus transmission

Sites ov virus retention

Longidorus elongatus

Retention of raspeberry ringspot virus particles on odontostyle and guiding sheath

Xiphinema diversicaudatum

Retention of arabis mosaic virus particles on odontophore

Xiphinema

Morphology and anatomy

Xiphinema index

Tail tip

Xiphinema americanum

Distribution pattern in rootzone of grapevine

Xiphinema americanum

Distribution pattern in a 5-acre cotton field, October

Xiphinema americanum

Distribution pattern same field, January

Xiphinema americanum

Distribution pattern same field, September

Xiphinema americanum

Distribution pattern same field, comparison of patterns one year apart

Xiphinema sp.

Parasitism by the zoosporic fungus, Catenaria anguillulae

Xiphinema americanum

Encysted zoospores of Catenaria anguillulae beneath cuticle

Xiphinema americanum

Infected by Pasteuria penetrans; 3-stages of lifecycle visible.

Longidorus africanus

Morphology and anatomy

Longidorus africanus

Damage to carrot seedling root

Trichodorus

Curved spear

Trichodorus

Feeding near root tip

Trichodorus

Stubby root symptoms on corn

Trichodorus

Effect on development of sugarbeet root system

Trichodorus

Alfalfa stand decline field plot

Trichodorus

Chemical control in onions, Netherlands

Trichodorus

Chemical control in sugarbeets, Netherlands

Trichodorus

Widely distributed across a 5-acre cotton field in sandy soil

Paratrichodorus pachydermus

Retention of particles of tobacco rattle virus in esophagus