Cactodera milleri

Cactodera milleri	Contents	Rev 10/07/2023
Miller's Cyst Nematode	Classification	Hosts
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Classification:

    Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Heteroderidae
          Punctoderinae

Cactodera milleri Graney & Bird, 1990

Synonyms:
None

Morphology and Anatomy:

Female:

Cyst stage present; lemon-shaped to rounded;
circumfenestrate; abullate, but with vulval denticles.
Cuticle marked with straight to wavy striae.eggs covered with tubercles.
Eggs with small punctations

Male:

Body twisted.
Leteral field with 4 incisures

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

Originally described from Chenopodium album, common lambsquarters, in Michigan. Also from Chenopodium quinoa in Colorado, USA. Reported distribution seems to be limited to a few states in the central USA, including Michigan, Colorado and Minnesota.

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Economic Importance:

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Feeding:

Nurse cell system: A syncytium.

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Hosts:

Lambsquarter (Chenopodium album L.), C. amaranticola, C. quinoa

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Damage:

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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

Graney, L.S.O. & Bird, G.W. 1990. Descriptions and comparative morphology of Cactodera milleri n. sp. (Nematoda: Heteroderidae) and Cactodera cacti with a review and key to the genus Cactodera. Journal of Nematology, 22, 457-480.

Skantar, A.M., Handoo, Z.A., Kantor, M.R., Hafez, S.L., Hult, M.N., Kromroy, K., Sigurdson, K., Grabowski, M. 2021. First report of Cactodera milleri Graney and Bird, 1990 from Colorado and Minnesota. J. Nemaqtology 53:1-7. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2021-017

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