Meloidogyne brevicauda

Meloidogyne brevicauda	Contents	Rev 07/02/2024
Tea or Indian Root-knot Nematode	Classification	Hosts
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Meloidogyne brevicauda Loos, 1953

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Reported initially from Sri Lanka and later from several Asian countries (Subbotin et al., 2021).

.Type Hosrt: Tea (Camellia sinensis)

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Loos, C.A. 1953. Melodogyne brevicauda n.sp. a cause of root-knot of mature tea in Ceylon. Proc. Helminth. Soc. Wash. 20:83-91.

Subbotin, S.A., Rius, J.E.P. and Castillo, P., 2021. Systematics of Root-Knot Nematodes (Nematoda: Meloidogynidae). Brill. 857p.