Rev 07/02/2024
Tylenchida Tylenchina Tylenchoidea Meloidogynidae Meloidogyninae
Meloidogyne vandervegtei Kleynhans, 1988
Review general characteristics of the genus Meloidogyne.
Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
Described from material collected from galled roots of a woody plant in a subtropical coastal forest in Trafalgar, Natal, South Africa.
Sedentary endoparasite.
Feeding site establishment and development typical of genus.
Ecophysiological Parameters:
Stunting, chlorosis, and total absence of Rhizobium nodulation.
Resistance
Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:
Kleynhans, K.P.N. . 1988. Meloidogyne vandervegtei. sp. nov. from subtropical coastal forest in Natal (Nemata: Meloidogynidae). Phytophylactica 20:263-267.
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.