Meloidodera charis

  

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Classification:

      Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Heteroderidae
          Meloidoderinae


           Meloidodera charis Hopper, 1960


    Synonyms:
      None.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

Females:

  • Female does not form a cyst..
  • Body globose, spherical to pear-shaped with short neck. Annulated throughout.
  • Lip region with discoid labial annule and three postlabial annules
  • DEGO behind stylet knobs
  • Vulva slightly posterior to middle of body
  • Distance benween vulva and anus 200-500 um
  • Eggs retained in body

 

Ref: Hopper, 1960; Heald and Golden, 1969

 

Second-stage juveniles:

  • Phasmid small, pore-like

 

 Males:
Rare, not found in original population but reported later from a pot culture on St. Augustinegrass in Texas

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

  
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Distribution:

Described from honey mesquite (Prosopis juliflora in Texas, USA.

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Economic Importance:

 

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Feeding:

Nurse cell system is a uninucleate giant cell.

 

Hosts:

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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:

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

 

 

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References:

Ghaderi, R. 2019. An outline on distribution and hosts of the cystoid nematodes of Ataloderinae Wouts, 1973 and Meloidoderinae Golden, 1971. Zootaxa 4664:: 339-350 https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/

Heald, C.M., Golden, A.M. 1969, Meloidodera charis, a cystoid nematode infecting St. Augustinegrass. Plant Disease Reoporter 53:527.

Hopper, B.E. 1960.  Contributions to the knowledge of the genus Meloidodera (Nematoda: Tylenchida) with a description of M. charis n.sp. Canadian J. Zoology 38:939-947.

 

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: October 30, 2023.