Aphelenchoides ensete

Aphelenchoides ensete	Contents	Rev 11/19/2019
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	Morphology and Anatomy	Life Cycle
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Classification:

       Tylenchida
       Aphelenchina
         Aphelenchoidea
          Aphelenchoididae
           Aphelenchoidinae

Aphelenchoides ensete Swart, Bogale & Tiedt. 2000.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

slightly offset cephalic region.
long stylet with well-defined basal thickenings,.
four lines in the lateral field and a single mucro on the tail terminus.

Male:

strongly curved spicules.

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

Female:

have a prominent post uterine sac (PUS).

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Distribution:

Ethiopia on Ensete ventricosum

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Economic Importance:

Foliar parasiter of Ensete banana.

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Damage:

Probably causing a foliar disease on enset (Ensete ventricosum) in Ethiopia.

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Management:

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

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References:

Swart, A., M Bogale, LR Tiedt. 2000. Description of Aphelenchoides ensete sp. n.(Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) from Ethiopia. Journal of Nematode Morphology 3:69-76.