Dolichodorus silvestris

 

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Rev 11/19/2019

Awl Nematode Classification Hosts
Morphology and Anatomy Life Cycle
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Distribution Management
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 Classification:  

Rhabditida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Dolichodoridae
            Dolichodorinae


         Dolichodorus silvestris  Gillespie & Adams, 1962.

 

Synonyms:
      None.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

Female:

Median bulb well-developed.  

Excretory pore at mid- to anterior level of median bulb.

Basal esophageal bulb elongate-pyriform. Not overlapping intestine. .  

Ovaries paired, outstretched, spermathecae present.

Tail tapering abruptly then elongate.    

Male: Similar to female.

Spicules slightly arcuate, gubernaculum straight..

Males have unique caudal alae, well-developed. Tail tip not bifurcate.

 

 

 


 



Source: Gillespie and Adams, 1962

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

 
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Distribution:

Collected from around the roots of young Eastern White Pine trees (Pinus strobus L.) growing in an unthrifty native stand on a dry, shallow, shaley soil (Calvin-Litz type) in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.

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Economic Importance:

 

 

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Feeding:

Ectoparasite mainly at root tip; nematode has long stylet.

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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:

Gillespie, W.H., RE Adams 1962. - An awl nematode Dolichodorus silvestris n. sp. from West Virginia. Nematologica 8:93-98.

 

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: November 19, 2019.