Heterodera spinicauda

Heterodera spinicauda	Contents	Rev 11/24/2024
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Classification:

Tylenchida Tylenchina Tylenchoidea Heteroderidae Heteroderinae
Heterodera spinicauda Wouts, Schoemaker, Sturhan & Burrows, 1995: Possibly a member of the Avenae group of Heterodera spp.

Synonyms

Morphology and Anatomy:

General Characteristics of the Avenae Group of Heterodera

Cysts lemon-shaped
Bifenestrate
Bullae well-developed
Underbridge absent or present
Vulval slit short
J2 incisures 4
Monocotyledonous hosts

(Handoo and Subbotin, 2018; Subbotin et al., 2018)

Cyst:

Almost spherical, low vulval cone.
Bifenestrate vulval cone
Underbridge distince, pigmented
Bullae absent (not characteristic of Avenae group)

Male:

Not found

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

Distribution:

Described from thr rhizosphere of the reed Phragmites australis along a dyke in Zuid Holland, the Netherlannds.

Hosts:

Many hosts in nature are monocotyledons, e.g. the reed Phragmitis australis.

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Management:

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References:

Handoo, Z.A., Subbotin, S.A. 2018. Taxonomy, identification and principal species. Chapter 15 in Perry, R.N. Moens, M., and Jones, J.T.(eds) Cyst Nematodes. CAB International.

Subbotin, S.A. 2015. Heterodera spinicauda
sp. n. from China, a new species of the Heterodera avenae species complex (Tylenchida: Heteroderidae). Russian J. Nematology 23:145-152

Subbotin, S,A., Mundo-Ocampo, M., Baldwin, J.G. 2010. Systematics of Cyst Nematodes (Nematode: Heteroderinae). Nematology Monographs and Perspectives Volume 8B, D.J. Hunt and R.N. Perry (eds) Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands 512p

Subbotin, S.A., Toumi, F., Elekcioglu, I.H., Waeyenbridge, L., Maafi, Z.T. 2018. DNA barcoding, phylogeny and phylogeography of the cyst nematode species of the Avenae group from the genus Heterodera (Tylenchida: Heteroderidae) Nematology 20:671-702.