Meloidogyne africana

  

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African Coffee Root-knot Nematode Classification Hosts
Morphology and Anatomy Life Cycle
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Classification:

      Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Heteroderidae
          Meloidogyninae


        Meloidogyne africana Whitehead, 1960



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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

 

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

Described from coffee nurseries in Kenya and Tanzania. Also reported from other African countries and from India and Argentina (Subbotin et al., 2021)

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Economic Importance:

 

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Feeding:

Feeding site establishment and development typical of genus. 

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Hosts:

Type Host: coffee (Coffea arabica).

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Damage:

 

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Management:

Resistance

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

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References:

Subbotin, S.A., Rius, J.E.P. and Castillo, P., 2021. Systematics of Root-Knot Nematodes (Nematoda: Meloidogynidae). Brill. 857p.

Whitegaed, A.G. 1960. The root-knot nematodes of East Africa. I. Meloidogne avricana n.,p. , a parasite of arabica coffee (Coffea arabica L.)  Nematologica 4: 272-278.

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Revised: September 12, 2022.