Rev 01/17/2021
Tylenchida Tylenchina Criconematoidea Criconematidae Hemicriconemoidinae
Hemicriconemoides chitwoodi Esser, 1960
Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
California, east coast, southeast, e.g., Florida.
Hemicriconemoides chitwoodi reported as common as dagger nematode along north and central coastal vineyards of California. Its damage level is unknown (Chang and Raski, 1972). However; Pinochet and Raski (1975) considered this a misidentification and described the species on grapevines in California as H. californianus.
H. chitwoodi has also been mistakenly identified as H. gaddi from camellia in Louisiana and Georgia (Pinochet and Raski, 1975).
Ectoparasitic
Camellia in Florida, grape in California.
Ecophysiological Parameters:
There are earlier biological studies on this nematode, but no recent reports.
Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:
Chang, H., and D. J. Raski. 1972. Hemicriconemoides chitwoodi on grapevines.Plant Dis. Rep. 56:1028-1030.Pinochet, J. and Raski, D.J. 1975. Four New Species of the Genus Hemicriconemoides (Nematoda: Criconematidae). Journal of Nematology 7:263-270.