Heterodera agrostis

Heterodera agrostis	Contents	Rev 10/16/2023
Almond Cyst Nematode	Classification	Hosts
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Classification:

Tylenchida Tylenchina Tylenchoidea Heteroderidae Heteroderinae
Heterodera agrostis Kir'yanova & Ivanova, 1975
A member of the Schachtii group of Heterodera spp..

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)

Male not found

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

Distribution:

Currently known distribution is very restricted, reported from Prunus spp. in Tajikistan.

Feeding:

Feeding site establishment and development typical of genus.

Hosts:

Hosts of the Schachtii group of Heterodera spp. are usually dicotyledonous plants. In this case, Prunus sp.

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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

Management:

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

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.

Kir'yanova, E. S.; Ivanova, T. S. 1975 Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Tadzhikskoi deg SSR Ahboroti Akademijai Fanhoi RSS Rocikiston, Otdelenie Biologicheskikh Nauk 3(60)): 52-56.

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).