Meloidogyne pisi

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

      Chromadorea
    Rhabditida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
          Meloidogynidae
           Meloidogyninae

Meloidogyne pisi Charchar, Eisenback, Charchar & Boiteux, 2008

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 pea (Pisum sativum) collected in Brasilia, Brazil.

Feeding:

Sedentary endoparasite.

Feeding site establishment and development typical of genus.

Hosts:

Pea (Pisum sativum)

North Carolina Differential Host Test

Gossypium hirsutum, Cotton (Deltapine 61)
non-host

Nicotiana tabacum
Tobacco (NC 95)
non-host

Capsicum annuum
Pepper (California Wonder)
poor host

Citrullus lanatus
Watermelon (Charleston Gray)
host

Arachis hypogaea
Peanut (Florunner)
non-host

Solanum lycupersicum
Tomato (Rutgers)
host

For an extensive host range list for this species, click

Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this species, click	If species level data are not available, click for genus level parameters

Damage:

Stunting, chlorosis, and total absence of Rhizobium nodulation.

Management:

Resistance

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

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

Charchar, J.M., Eisenback, J.D., Charchar, M.J. and Boiteux, M.E.N.F. 2008. Meloidogyne pisi n.sp. (Nematoda: Meloidogynidae). a root-knot nermatode parasitising pea in Brazil. Nematology 10:479-493

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.