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Classification:

      Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Heteroderidae
          Heteroderinae
         

           Heterodera pratensis Gabler, Sturhan, Subbotin & Rumpenhorst, 1000

         

A member of the Avenae group of Heterodera  spp.

 

Synonyms  

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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)

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

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Distribution:

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Economic Importance:

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Feeding:

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Hosts:

Many hosts in nature are monocotyledons. Reported from severqal species of grasses in northern Europe.

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Damage:

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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., 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.

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: November 24, 2024.