Globodera capensis

  

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Classification:

      Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Heteroderidae
          Punctoderinae
                  
        Globodera capensis Knoetze, Swart, Tiedt, 2013

A representative of the non-solanaceous clade of Globodera spp.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

Females:

 

  • Round cyst nematodes

 
 
 

Males:

  •  Vermiform; body twisted into a C or S shape. 
  • Tail short, hemispherical.

 

Second-stage juveniles:

Molecular Diagnosis:

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

  
 

 

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Distribution:

 The nematode was found in fallow fields used for potato-growing in sandy soils of the western Cape Province of South Africa.  It also occurred in uncultivated areas surrounding the potato fields.

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Economic Importance:

 

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Feeding:

Sedentary semi-endoparasite of roots

Feeding site and feeding patterns typical of genus Globodera.

Nurse cell system is a multinucleate syncytium.

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Hosts:

The nematode did not reproduce on potato but was found in the rhizosphere of Conicosia pugioniformis, an opportunistic weed of potato fields.

For an extensive host range list for this species, click

 

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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:

For plants reported to have some level of resistance to this species, click
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References:

Knoetze, R., Swart, A. & Tiedt, L.R. (2013). Description of Globodera capensis n. sp. (Nematoda: Heteroderidae) from South Africa. Nematology 15, 233-250. DOI: 10.1163/ 15685411-00002673


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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: November 21, 2019.