Cactodera galinsogae

Cactodera galinsogae	Contents	Rev 12/10/2019
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Classification:

    Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Heteroderidae
          Punctoderinae

Cactodera galinsogae Tovar-Soto, Cid del Prado-Vera, Nicol, Evans, Sandoval-Islas & Martinez-Garza. 2003.

Morphology and Anatomy:

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:

Distribution:

Mexico. Reported from high valleys in the central mesa of Mexico in the states of Hidalgo and Tlaxcala (Tovar-Soto et al., 2008).

Economic Importance:

On barley, economic importance uncertain.

Hosts:

Barley and weed hosts, mainly in the Asteraceae

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Soil temperatures in the high valleys of Mexico range from 16-20 C. White females were observed on roots at 40 days, and cysts at 55 days, after inoculation with J2.

Management:

Managenment of weed hosts.

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

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Tovar-Soto, A., I. Cid del Prado-Vera, J. M. Nicol, K. Evans, J. S. Sandoval-Islas, and A. Martinez-Garza. 2003. Cactodera galinsogae n. sp. (Nemata: Heteroderidae) on barley of the High Valleys of Mexico. Nematropica 33:41-54.

Tovar-Soto, A., I. C. Del Prado-Vera, M. Gutierrez-Aguilar, J. Garcia-Zuniga, and K. Evans. 2008. Postembryonic development of Cactodera galinsogae (Tylenchida: Heteroderinae) in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) and the role of weeds as hosts. Nematropica 38:145-153.