Meloidodera astonei

  

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Classification:

      Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Heteroderidae
          Meloidoderinae


           Meloidodera astonei Cid del Prado and Rowe, 2000
     

Synonyms:

None.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

Females: Female does not form cyst.. Body globose, spherical to pear-shaped with short neck and no terminal cone. Vulva in postequatorial position, not terminal.

 

Female anterior, morphology of entire body, and postequatorial position of vulva. (Drawings from Cid del Prado and Rowe, 2000).

 

Females of Meloidodera astonei on roots of Solanum rostratum: Photographs by Ignacio Cid del Prado Vera

 

Second-stage juveniles:

 

 Males:
   

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

   Male anterior with protruding stylet (Photograph from Cid del Prado and Rowe, 2000). Male posterior, short rounded tail with spicules protruding from cloaca (Photograph from Cid del Prado and Rowe, 2000).
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Distribution:

Described from roots of Solanum rostratum from La Purificacion, Municipio de Texcoco, Mexico State, Mexico.

Solanum rostratum, type host at the type locality of Meloidodera astonei, La Purificacion, Municipio de Texcoco, Mexico State, Mexico.
Photograph by Ignacio Cid del Prado Vera
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Economic Importance:

 

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Feeding:

Nurse cell system is a uninucleate giant cell.

 

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Hosts:

Solanum rostratum

For an extensive host range list for this species, click

 

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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

 

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Damage:

Females of Meloidodera astonei on roots of Solanum rostratum: 
Photograph by Ignacio Cid del Prado Vera
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Management:

Resistance

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

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

 

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References:

Cid del Prado Vera.I.. Rowe J.A. 2000. Cactodera evansi sp.n. and Meloidodera astonei sp.n .(Tylenchida: Heteroderidae) from Mexico. International Journal of Nematology.10:159-168.

 

 

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: September 04, 2023.