Meloidogyne christiei

  

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Rev 09/12/2022

Turkey-oak Root-knot Nematode Classification Hosts
Morphology and Anatomy Life Cycle
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Classification:

      Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Heteroderidae
          Meloidogyninae
        Meloidogyne christiei Golden & Kaplan, 1986

 

Review general characteristics of the genus Meloidogyne.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

 

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

Described only from turkey-oak trees (Quercus laevis) in Florida, USA,

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Economic Importance:

 

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Feeding:

 

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Hosts:

.Type host: turkey-oak trees (Quercus laevis) .  In glasshouse tests, the nematode did not reproduce on plants of the Norh Carolina differential host test.

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Life Cycle:

 

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Damage:

 

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Management:

Resistance

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

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References:

Golden, A.M and Kaplan, D.T. 1986. Description of Meloidogyne christiei n.sp. (Nematoda: Meloidogynidae) from oak with SEM and host-range observation. J. Nematology 18:533-540/

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: September 12, 2022.