Rev 07/02/2024
Tylenchida Tylenchina Tylenchoidea Meloidogynidae Meloidogyninae
Meloidogyne karsseni Singh, Gitonga, Hajihassani, Verhaage, van Aaalst-Philipse, Couvreur & Bert, 2023.
Review general characteristics of the genus Meloidogyne.
Key diagnostic characteristtics:
1. Second-stage juveniles:
2. Female:
3. Male:
Species named in honor of Prof. Dr. Gerrit Karssen for his valuable contributions as a nematode taxonomist, especially in the Meloidogyne group
Ref: Singh et al., 2023
Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
Species described associated with sweet pepper in Guanojuato State, Mexico.
Sedentary endoparasite.
Feeding site establishment and development typical of genus.
Type host: Capsicum annuum.
Ecophysiological Parameters:
Resistance
Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:
Singh, P.R., Gitonga, D., Hajihassani, A., Verhaage, A., van Aaalst-Philipse, E., Couvreur, M., Bert, W. 2023. A New Root-Knot Nematode species, Meloidogyne karsseni n. sp. (Nematoda: Meloidogynidae), From Mexico and a Taxonomic Update on M. paranaensis From Guatemala. J. Nematology 55: e2023-1| DOI: 10.2478/jofnem-2023-0042
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.