Meloidogyne spartelensis

 

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Rev 07/02/2024

Spartel Root-knot Nematode Classification Hosts
Morphology and Anatomy Life Cycle
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Distribution Management
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Classification:

      Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
          Meloidogynidae
           Meloidogyninae

        Meloidogyne spartelensis Ali, Travoillot, Mateille, Chapuis, Besnard, El-Bakkali, Cantalapiedra-Navarrete, Liebanas, Castillo & Palomares-Ruis, 2015

 

Review general characteristics of the genus Meloidogyne.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Clearly differentiated molecularly from all other Meloidogyne spp, (Subbotin et al., 2015).

 

 

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

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Distribution:

Described from aoil and roots around wild olive trees (Olea europaea) in northern Morocco. However there was no evidence of parasitism on the roots.

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Economic Importance:

 

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Feeding:

Sedentary endoparasite.

Feeding site establishment and development typical of genus. 

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Hosts:

Associated with wild olive  (Olea europaea subsp europaea cv sylvestris), but no evidence of parasitism on the roots.  Since the nematode did reproduce on tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) which is the only known host, tomato was designated as the type host of Meloidogyne spartelensis (Ali et al., 2015; Subbotin et al., 2015).
 
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Life Cycle:

 

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Damage:

Significant galling of tomato roots,

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Management:

Resistance

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

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References:

Ali, N., Travoillot, J., Mateille, T., Chapuis, E., Besnard, G., El-Bakkali, A., Cantalapiedra-Navarrete, C., Liebanas, G., Castillo, P. and Palomares-Ruis, J.E. 2015.  A new root-knot nematode Meloidogyne spartelensis n.sp. (Nematoda: Meloidogynidae) in northern Morocco (European J. Plant Pathology143:25-42. DOI: 10.1007/s10658-015-0662-3

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.

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: July 02, 2024.