Anguina agropyronifloris

  

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Classification:

Chromadorea
       Rhabditida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Anguinidae
            Anguininae

              Anguina agropyronifloris Norton, 1965

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

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

Described from western wheat grass (Agropyron smithii) in Montana, Kansas and South Dakota, USA
 


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Economic Importance:

Induces elongate reddish-brown seed galls (Norton, 1965).

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Feeding:

 


      

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Hosts:

Infective on western wheat grass (Agropyron smithii) but did not infect nine other grass species (Norton, 1965).

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Life Cycle:

Number of nematodes per gall varied, in some there are equal numbers of males and females and in others there are more females.  The size of the adult nematodes seemd smaller when there were more in a gall.

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Damage:

 

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Management:

Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:

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References:

Norton, D.C. 1965. Anguina agropyronifloris n. sp, infecting florets of Agropyron stnithii. Proc. Helm Soc. Washington 32:118-122.

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Revised: December 16, 2024.