Rev 07/02/2024
Tylenchida Tylenchina Tylenchoidea Meloidogynidae Meloidogyninae
Meloidogyne microtyla Mulvey, Townshend & Potter, 1975
Detailed information on this species not yet prepared. Host data may be available.
Review general characteristics of the genus Meloidogyne.
Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
Described from turf grasses in Ontario, Canada.
.Type Host: Fescue (Festuca rubra). Also reported from other grasses and cereals.
Ecophysiological Parameters:
Chromosome number n=18-19. Reproduction by amphimixis (Triantaphyllou, 1985; Subbotin et al., 2021).
Resistance
Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:
Mulvey, R.H., Townshend, J.L. Potter, J.W. 1975. Meloidogyne mirotyla sp. nov. from southwestern Ontario, Canada. Canadian J. Zool. 53:1528-1536.
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.
Triantaphyllou, A.C. 1985. Gametogenesis and the chromosomes of Meloidogune nataliei: not typical of other root-knot nematodes. J. Nematology 17:1-5.
Triantaphyllou, A.C. 1985. Cytogenetics, cytotaxonomy and phylogeny of root-knot nematodes. In Sasser, J.N. & Carter, C.C. (eds) An Advanced Treatiswe on Meloidogyne.Vol 1. Biology and Control.N.C. State Universty Graphics, Raleigh, N.C. USA.