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Tylenchina Tylenchoidea Hoplolaimidae Hoplolaiminae
Aorolaimus macbethi (Sher, 1964) Fortuner 1987
Synonyms:
Peltamigratus macbethi Sher, 1964 Note, Fortuner, 1987 and Baujard et al, 1991, 1994 considered Peltamigratus a junior synonym of Aorolaimus. However, Siddiqi (2000) resurrected Peltamigratu
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Female:
Male:
[Ref: Fortuner, (1987).]
Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
Aorolaimus macbethi was found in low numbers in the soils of the semi-arid tropics of West Africa up to 80 cm below the surface.
Ecophysiological Parameters:
Soil temperature, soil moisture and host plants have a significant effect on its multiplication rate.
The nematode is able to enter anhydrobiosis during the dry season and is characterized by a low multiplication rate.
Aorolaimus macbethi was slightly pathogenic to millet at low inoculum levels.
Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:
Fortuner, R. 1987. Rev. Nematol. 10:219-232.
Baujard, P., Martiny, B. 1995. Ecology and pathogenicity of the Hoplolaimidae (Nemata) from the sahelian zone of West Africa. 5. Aorolaimus macbethi (Sher, 1964) Fortuner 1987. Fundamental and Applied Nematology 18: 427-433.
Baujard, P., P. Castillo, M. Doucet, B. Martinu., D. Mountport. 1994. Taxonomie studies on the genus Aorolaimus Sher, 1963 (Nemata : Hoplolaimidae). 1. Bibliographie analysis and tentative key to speeies. Fundam. appl. Nernalol.17:103-115
Baujard, P., P. Castillo, M. Doucet, B. Martinu., D. Mountport. A. Ndiaye. 1991. Variabilite intra- et interspecifique des structures cuticulaires externes dans le genre Aorolaimus (Nemata : Hoplolaimidae). Syst. Parasit., 19: 195-213.