Rev 07/02/2024
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.
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:
Described from aoil and roots around wild olive trees (Olea europaea) in northern Morocco. However there was no evidence of parasitism on the roots.
Sedentary endoparasite.
Feeding site establishment and development typical of genus.
Ecophysiological Parameters:
Significant galling of tomato roots,
Resistance
Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:
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.