Aphelenchoides xui

Aphelenchoides xui	Contents	Rev 08/03/2020
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	Morphology and Anatomy	Life Cycle
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Classification:

       Tylenchida
       Aphelenchina
         Aphelenchoidea
          Aphelenchoididae
           Aphelenchoidinae

Aphelenchoides xui Wang, Wang, Gu, Wang & Li, 2013

Morphology and Anatomy:

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

Distribution:

Reported in coniferous wood used for packing and shipping. Intercepted at Ningbo harbor in China.. Country of origin: South Africa

Economic Importance:

Accurate identification of Aphelenchoides spp. in woody materials is of importance to regulatory agencies because of the potential damage to forests by Bursaphelenchus spp.

Feeding:

Probably a fungivore, readily cultured on Botrytis cinerea.

Hosts:

The following are listed as hosts in various literature sources:

Gossypium sp. L.

Cotton

For an extensive host range list for this species, click

Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this species, click	If species level data are not available, click for genus level parameters

Management:

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

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

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