Rev 07/02/2024
Tylenchida Tylenchina Tylenchoidea Meloidogynidae Meloidogyninae
Meloidogyne megadora Whitehead, 1968
Review general characteristics of the genus Meloidogyne.
Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
Described from roots of coffee on a Coffee Research Station in Angola. Also reported from several other African countries.
Sedentary endoparasite.
Feeding site establishment and development typical of genus.
Type Host: Robusta coffee (Coffea canephora)
Coffee
Ecophysiological Parameters:
Resistance
Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:
Lordello, L.G.E. 1986 Plant-parasitic nematodes that attack coffee. Pp 33-41 in Anon. Plant-parasitic nematodes of bananas, citrus, coffee, grapes and tobacco. Union Carbide Corp.
Whitehead, A.G. 1968. Taxonomy of Meloidogyne (Heteroderidae) with descriptions of four new species Trans. Zool. Soc. London 31;263-401.