Heterodera sonchophila		Contents		Rev 10/16/2023
Corn Sowthistle Nematode; Sow Thistle Cyst Nematode		Classification		Hosts
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Classification:

Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Heteroderidae
          Heteroderinae

           Heterodera sonchophila Kirjanova, Krall & Krall, 1976.

A member of the Schachtii group of Heterodera spp.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

General Characteristics of the Schachtii Group of Heterodera

Cysts lemon-shaped
Ambifenestrate
Bullae well-developed
Underbridge well-developed
vulval slit long
J2 incisures 4
Dicotyledonous hosts

(Handoo and Subbotin, 2018; Subbotin et al., 2010, Subbotin et al. 2023)

 

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

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Distribution:

Russia, Estonia, Poland.

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Economic Importance:

 

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Feeding:

      

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Hosts:

Hosts of the Schachtii group of Heterodera spp. are usually dicotyledonous plants.  Sow thistle, Sonchus oleraceus.
 

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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:

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References:

Kirjanova, E.S., Krall, E.L., Krall, H. 1976. The sowthistle cyst-nematode Heterodera sonchophila n. sp.(Nematoda: Heteroderidae) from Estonia.Eesti teaduste akadeemia toimetised. Bioloogia zvestija akademii nauk estonskoj SSR 25:4

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., 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., Roubtsova, T.V., Bostock, R.M., Maafi, Z.T., Chizhov, V.N., Palomares-Rius, J.E., Pablo Castillo, P. 2023. DNA barcoding, phylogeny and phylogeography of the cyst nematode species of the Schachtii group from the genus Heterodera (Tylenchida: Heteroderidae). Nematology (in press).

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