Ditylenchus gilanicus

 

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Classification:

      Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Anguinidae
          Anguininae
          
 Ditylenchus gilanicus Yaghoubi, Pourjam, Ye, Castillo & Pedram, 2018

 

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

   Males

  • Monorchic
  • Paired, arcuate spicules
  • Gubernaculum arcuate
  • Bursa extending to mid-tail

 

Ref: Yaghoubi et al. (2018)

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


 

Females:

  • Body straight, slightly ventrally arcuate after vulva.
  • Cuticle finely annulated,
  • Lateral field with six incisures.
  • Lip region slightly flattened, continuous with body contour
  • Stylet weak, short, conus ca. 33.3- 44.4% of the stylet length, with distinct rounded basal knobs.
  • DEGO 0.5-1.5 um behind stylet base.
  • Esophageal procorpus cylindroid,metacorpus at 35-40% of esophagus length,  with a distinct valvular apparatus,
  • Isthmus narrow and same length as procorpus, terminal bulb pyriform, offset from intestine.
  • Nerve ring around isthmus
  • Excretory pore opening at the posterior region of nerve ring.
  • Hemizonid located near and anterior to the excretory pore.
  • Deirids located almost opposite to excretory pore.
  • Reproductive system monodelphic-prodelphic, ovary with single row of oocytes,
  • Post-uterrine sac, length 1.8-3.8 times body width at vulva.
  • Spermatheca long with large rounded sperm, vulva a transverse slit, vagina extending into the body slightly less than half body width,
  •  Vulva-anus distance 87-122 um.
  • Tail conoid, with pointed tip.
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Distribution:

Described from soil around roots of beech trees (Fagus orientalis) In Rudkhan Castle forest in Gilan Province, northern Iran.

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Economic Importance:

 

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Feeding:

 

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Hosts:


 

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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:

Yaghoubi, A., Pourjam, E., Ye, W., Castillo, P. and Pedram, M.  2018. Description and molecular phylogeny of Ditylenchus gilanicus n. sp. (Nematoda: Anguinidae) from northern forests of Iran. Eur J Plant Pathol 152: 735-746.

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Copyright 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: July 04, 2023.