Aglenchus agricola

 

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Classification:

      Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Tylenchidae
          Atylenchinae

           Aglenchus agricola (de Man, 1884) Andrassy, 1954
      

      Synonyms

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Morphology and Anatomy:

  • Cuticle finely striated
  • Lateral field with 3or 4 incisures
  • Head not offset, rounded, not striated
  • Stylet short 10-13µm
  • Median bulb oval, terminal bulb pyriform
  • Female gonad monodelphic, prodelphic, outstretched
  • No postvulval sac
  • Vulva with distinct lateral flaps
  • Male with single outstretched testis
  • Simple gubernaculum, adanal caudal alae (bursa), striated
  • Tail very long in females (1.6-2.4 vulva-anus distance) a little shorter in males.

Ref: Andrassy, 2007

Refer to subfamily diagnosis (Atylenchinae). 

 

Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:

 

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Distribution:

Workld-wide distribution in terrestrial, aquatic and semi-aquatic habitats.

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Economic Importance:

 

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Feeding:

 

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Hosts:

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Damage:

 

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Management:

For plants reported to have some level of resistance to this species, click
 
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References:

Andrassy, I.. 2007. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary, II.Hungarian Natural History Museum. 496p.

Yeates, G.W., Bongers, T., Goede, R.G.M. de, Freckman, D.W., Georgieva, S.S. (1993a), Feeding habits in soil nematode families and genera - an outline for soil ecologists, Journal of Nematology, 25 (3): 315-331

 

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Revised: November 19, 2019.