Rev 11/19/2019
Tylenchida Tylenchina Tylenchoidea Anguinidae
Ditylenchus angustus
Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
India, Egypt, Madagascar.
Nematode causes "Ufra" disease of rice.
Nematode is found in terminal buds a few days after rice seedlings are transplanted.
Feeds ectoparasitically on newly formed bud tissues.
Rice.
Ecophysiological Parameters:
Nematode is spread through irrigation water.
Can remain dormant and resist desiccation until fields are flooded.
Host tissues may become malformed, stunted, wilted; leaf sheaths are distorted; flowers are sterile; upper nodes show lesions.
Grain yield may be reduced by 50% or more.
Phytosanitary methods, burn rice stubble.
Nematicide Dazomet shows promise in some tests.
Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives: