Cactodera salina

 

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Classification:

    Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Heteroderidae
          Punctoderinae


           Cactodera salina Baldwin, Mundo-Ocampo & McClure, 1997

 Synonyms:
     None

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Female: 

  • Cyst stage present; ovoid to nearly spherical; vulval cone very small
  • cumfenestrate; no bullae or denticles
  •  wavy lines on cuticle
  • eggs without punctation or tubercles.  

Ref: Subbotin et al., 2010

 

Male: 

  • Body twisted 90 degrees
  • Lateral field with 4 incisures

 

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


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Distribution:

Sonora, Mexico, near the northern tip of the Sea of Cortez.

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Economic Importance:

 

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Feeding:

Nurse cell system: A syncytium.

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Hosts:

Salicornia bigelovii, estuary plant

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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

Subbotin, S.A., Mundo-Ocampo, M., Baldwin, J.G. 2010. Systematics of Cyst Nematodes (Nematode: Heteroderinae). Nematology Monographs and Perspectives Volume 8A , D.J. Hunt and R.N. Perry (eds) Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands 351p

 

 

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: October 07, 2023.