Gracilacus elegans

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Classification:

Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tyl;enchuloidea
         Paratylenchidae
          Paratylenchinae

Gracilacus elegans Raski, 1962

Synonyms:
Paratylenchus elegans

Morphology and Anatomy:

Female: Small, 0.31 mm, slender, vermiform with elongate, tapering tail.

Stylet long (114 ï¿½m), flexible.

Two lines in lateral field

Juvenile: Stylet present, esophagus well developed.

Male:

[Ref: Raski, 1962)

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

Distribution:

Florida

Described from magnolia roots, marshy lake shore, Winter Haven, Florida.

Hosts:

Magnolia

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Management:

Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:

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Raski, D.J. 1962. Paratylenchidae n.fam. with description of five new species of Gracilacus n.g. and an emendation of Cacopaurus Thorne, 1943, Paratylenchus Micoletzky, 1922 and Criconematidae Thorne, 1943. Proc. Helminthol. Soc. Washington 29:189-207.

Raski, D.J. 1976. Revision of the Genus Paratylenchus Micoletzky, 1922 and Descriptions of New Species. Part III of Three parts--Gracilacus. J. Nematology 8:97-115.