Rev 07/02/2024
Tylenchida Tylenchina Tylenchoidea Meloidogynidae Meloidogyninae
Meloidogyne lusitanica Abrantes & Santos, 1991
Review general characteristics of the genus Meloidogyne.
Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
Described from roots of olive (Olea europaea) in Mirando do Corvo, Portugal.
Sedentary endoparasite.
Feeding site establishment and development typical of genus.
Olive (Olea europaea cv Galega)
North Carolina differential host test: light galling but no reproduction on watermelon and tomato (Subbotin et al., 2021)
North Carolina Differential Host Test
Ecophysiological Parameters:
Resistance
Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:
Abrantes, I. M. O. and M. S. N. A. Santos. 1991. Meloidogyne lusitanica n. sp. (Nematoda: Meloidogynidae), a root-knot nematode parasitizing olive tree (Olea europaea L.). Journal of Nematology 210-224.
Subbotin, S.A. Palomares-Rius, J.E., Castillo, P. 2021. Systematics of Root-knot Nematodes (Nematoda: Meloidogynidae). Nematology Monographs and Perspectives Vol 14: D.J. Hunt and R.N. Perry (eds) Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands 857p.