Meloidogyne lusitanica

Meloidogyne lusitanica	Contents	Rev 12/16/2024
Olive Root-knot Nematode	Classification	Hosts
	Morphology and Anatomy	Life Cycle
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Classification:

      Chromadorea
       Rhabditida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Meloidogynidae
          Meloidogyninae

Meloidogyne lusitanica Abrantes & Santos, 1991

Review general characteristics of the genus Meloidogyne.

Morphology and Anatomy:

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

Distribution:

Described from roots of olive (Olea europaea) in Mirando do Corvo, Portugal.

Feeding:

Sedentary endoparasite.

Feeding site establishment and development typical of genus.

Hosts:

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

Gossypium hirsutum, Cotton (Deltapine 61)
non-host

Nicotiana tabacum
Tobacco (NC 95)
non-host

Capsicum annuum
Pepper (California Wonder)
non-host

Citrullus lanatus
Watermelon (Charleston Gray)
resistant

Arachis hypogaea
Peanut (Florunner)
non-host

Solanum lycupersicum
Tomato (Rutgers)
resistant

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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:

Resistance

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

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

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.