Meloidogyne nataliae

 

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Rev 07/02/2024

Michigan Grape Root-knot Nematode Classification Hosts
Morphology and Anatomy Life Cycle
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Distribution Management
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Classification:

      Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
          Meloidogynidae
           Meloidogyninae

        Meloidogyne nataliae Golden, Rose & Bird, 1981

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 from Michigan, USA

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Economic Importance:

 

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Feeding:

Sedentary endoparasite.

   Feeding site establishment and development typical of genus.

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Hosts:

Type Host: Fox grape (Vitis labrusca). Other Vitis species and rootstocks are also reported as hosts.

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Life Cycle:

 

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Chromosome number n=4. Reproduction by amphimixis (Triantaphyllou, 1985; Subbotin et al., 2021).

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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., Rose, L.M. and Brird, G.W. 1981. Descriptioon of Meloidogyne nataliei n. sp. (Nematoda: Meloidogynidae) from grape (Vitis labrusca) in Michigan, with SEM obsaervations. J. Nematology 13:393-400.

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.

 

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: July 02, 2024.