Anguina agropyri

Anguina agropyri	Contents	Rev 12/16/2024
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Classification:

Chromadorea
       Rhabditida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Anguinidae; Anguininae; Anguina agropyri Kirjanova, 1955
Couch Grass Nematode

Synonyms:

A. pacificae Cid del Prado Vera and Maggenti, 1984; but, recent molecular analyses of A. pacificae from California and A. agropyri from Europe indicate differences in the ITS region so the synonymy may be incorrect (Sergei Subbotin, pers. comm.)..

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Distribution:

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Feeding:

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Hosts:

The following are listed as hosts in various literature sources:

Agropyron repens Beauvois

Quack Grass

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Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Damage:

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Management:

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References:

Chizhov, V.N. & Subbotin, S.A. 1990. [Phytoparasitic nematodes of subfamily Anguininae (Nematoda, Tylenchida). Morphology, trophic specialization, taxonomic]. Zoologichesky Zhurnal 69, 4: 15-26 (in Russian)
Goodey, J. B., M. T. Franklin, and D. J. Hooper. 1965. T. Goodey's: The Nematode Parasites of Plants Catalogued Under Their Hosts. Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, Farnham Royal, Bucks, England. Third Edition