Atalodera festucae

Atalodera festucae	Contents	Rev 10/10/2023
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Classification:

Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Heteroderidae
          Heteroderinae

Atalodera festucae Baldwin, Bernard & Mundo-Ocampo, 1989

Synonyms:
None.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Female: No cyst stage.

Body lemon-shaped, with projecting neck and terminal cone.

Cuticle thick. Cuticular pattern zig-zag with subsurface punctations.

Vulva on prominent terminal cone, with thick cuticle, constituted by protruding and developed vulval lips.

Anus situated on the side of posterior vulval lip.

Eggs retained in body.

Male: Body twisted.

Lateral field with four lines.

Spicules greater than 30 um, slightly curved, obliquely directed.

Tail short, hemispherical.

Cloacal tubus short.

No phasmids.

Second-stage juveniles:

Lateral field with four lines.

Esophageal glands in long narrow lobe

Phasmids prominent, with lens-like structure.

[Ref: Luc, Maggenti & Fortuner, (1988)., Baldwin, Bernard & Mundo-Ocampo, 1989]

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

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Distribution:

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Economic Importance:

D-rated in California.

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Feeding:

Nurse cell system: A syncytium.

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Hosts:

Festuca megalura Nutt.

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Life Cycle:

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:

Baldwin, J.G., Bernard, E.C. & Mundo-Ocampo, M. 1989. J. Nematology 21:48-68.

Luc, Maggenti & Fortuner, Rev. Nematol. 11(2):159-176 (1988)

Mundo-Ocampo, M. and J. G. Baldwin. 1983. Host-parasite relationships of Atalodera spp. (Heteroderidae). Journal of Nematology 15:234-243.

Siddiqui, I. A., S. A. Sher and A. M. French. 1973. Distribution of Plant Parasitic Nematodes in California. State of California Department of Food and Agriculture, Division of Plant Industry. 324p.