Cactodera amaranthi

  

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Classification:

    Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Heteroderidae
          Punctoderinae


           Cactodera amaranthi (Stoyanov, 1972) Krall & Krall, 1978

 Synonyms:
      Heterodera amaranthi

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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 Female: Cyst stage present; circumfenestrate; eggs without punctations or tubercles.  

 
Male: Body twisted.  

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:

 

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Feeding:

Nurse cell system: A syncytium.

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Hosts:

Amaranthus viridis L.

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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., Mundo-Ocampo, M., McClure, M. 1997. Cactodera salina n.sp. From the estuary plant, Salicornia bigelovii, in Sonora, Mexico. J. Nematology 29:465-473.

Evans, K., Rowe, J.A. 1998. Distribution and economic importance. In S.B. Sharma (ed). The Cyst Nematodes. Kluwer

 

 

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: November 19, 2019.