Meloidogyne africana

Meloidogyne africana	Contents	Rev 10/24/2023
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

Review general characteristics of the genus Meloidogyne.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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

Distribution:

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

Feeding:

Sedentary endoparasite.

Feeding site establishment and development typical of genus.

Hosts:

Type Host: coffee (Coffea arabica).

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Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Chromosome number 2n=21. Although this low diploid chromosome number might suggest amphimixis or meiotic parthenogenesis, Janssen et al. (2017) conclude that integrative taxonomy suggests reproduction is by obligate mitotic parthenogensis.

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Damage:

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Management:

Resistance

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References:

Janssen, T., Karssen, G., Topalovic, O., Coyne, D., Bert, W. 2017. Integrative taxonomy of root-knot nematodes reveals multiple independent origins of mititic parthenogenesis. PloS ONE 12: e0172190.

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.

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.