Hemicycliophora ripa

  

Contents

  

Rev 02/22/2024

Sheath Nematode Classification Hosts
Morphology and Anatomy Life Cycle
Return to Hemicycliophora Menu Economic Importance Damage
Distribution Management
Return to Hemicycliophoridae Menu Feeding  References
    Go to Nemaplex Main Menu   Go to Dictionary of Terminology
 

 

Classification:

     TTylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Criconematoidea
         Hemicycliophoridae
          Hemicycliophorinae

          Hemicycliophora ripa Van den Berg, 1981

Back to Top

Morphology and Anatomy:

 

 
 

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

Distribution:

 

Reported from grasses and Psidium guajava (guava) in South Africa (van den Berg, 1981).
Back to Top

Economic Importance:

Demonstrated to cause damage to Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris) (Malan and Meyer, 1993).

Back to Top

Feeding:

  Ectoparasite at and near root tips.

Back to Top

Hosts:

 

For an extensive host range list for this species, click

 


 
Back to Top

Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this species, click If species level data are not available, click for genus level parameters

    

Back to Top

Damage:

Feeding causes root tip swelling, stubby roots and poor growth.

 

Root tip swelling  caused by feeding of Hemicycliophora ripa Hemicycliophora ripa feeding at root tip Damage to Swiss chard at field level
Photographs from Malan and Meyer (1993)

 

Back to Top

Management:

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

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

 

Back to Top

References:

Malan, A.P., Meyer, A,J, 1993. The effect of Hemicycliophora ripa on Swiss chard. Phytophylactica 25:295-296.

Van den Berg, E. 1981. Further studies on the genus Hemicycliophora de Man, 1921 in South Africa (Nematoda: Hemicycliophoroidea) with a description of a new species. Phytophylactica 13:181-194.

Back to Top
Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: February 22, 2024.