Apple Root-knot Nematode
Rev 09/05/2022
Tylenchida Tylenchina Tylenchoidea Heteroderidae Meloidogyninae
Meloidogyne mali Itoh, Ohshima & Ichinoche, 1969
Synonyms:
Melodogyne ulmi Palmisano & Ambrogioni, 2000
Review general characteristics of the genus Meloidogyne.
Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
Type Host: Apple (Malus prunifolia)
.Reported primarily from woody perennial hosts.
Ecophysiological Parameters:
Resistance
Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:
Ahmed, M., van de Vossenberg, B.T.L.H., Cornelisse, C., Karssen, G. 2013. On the species status of the root-knot nematodeMeloidogyne ulmi Palmisano & Ambrogioni, 2000 (Nematoda, Meloidogynidae). ZooKeys 362:1-27
Ito, Y., Ohshima, Y.& Icchinohe, M.1969. A root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne mali n. sp. on apple-tree from Japan (Tylenchida: Heteroderidae). Appl. Ent. Zool. 4:194-202
Toida, Y. and Yaegashi, Y. 1984. Description of Meloidogyne suginamiensis n. sp.(Nematoda: Meloidogynidae) from mulberry in Japan. Japanese J. Nemwatology 14: \49-57.