Meloidogyne vitis

 

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Rev 07/02/2024

Chinese Grape Root-knot Nematode Classification Hosts
Morphology and Anatomy Life Cycle
Return to Meloidogyne Menu Economic Importance Damage
Distribution Management
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Classification:

      Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
          Meloidogynidae
           Meloidogyninae

 

Meloidogyne vitis Yang, Hu, Liu, Chen, Peng, Wang & Zheng, 2021

 

Review general characteristics of the genus Meloidogyne.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Differs molecularly from all other Meloidogyne spp. Morphologically similar to M. mali but differs in the shape of the perineal pattern which has a higher dorsal arch in M. mali (Subbotin et al., 2021).

 

 

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

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Distribution:

Described from roots of grapevines in vineyards in Luliang County, Yunnan Province, China.

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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:

Grape (Vitis vinifera).

 
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Life Cycle:

 

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Damage:

More than 90 % of grape roots collected from vineyards in Luliang County, Yunnan Province, China were severely damaged by root-knot nematodes (Subbotin et al., 2021)..

Symptoms include stunted palnts, chlorosis, small fruit, galled and necrotic roots.

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Management:

Resistance

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

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References:

Yang, Y., Hu, X., Liu, P., Chen, L., Peng, H., Wang, Q. and  Zheng, Q. 2021. A new root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne vitis sp. nov. (Nematoda: Meloidogynidae), parasitizing grape in Yunnan, PLoS One 16:, e0245201. DOI:101371/jourmal.pone.0245201

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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Revised: July 02, 2024.