Meloidogyne pini

Meloidogyne pini	Contents	Rev 09/05/2022
Sand pine Root-knot Nematode	Classification	Hosts
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Classification:

      Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Heteroderidae
          Meloidogyninae

Meloidogyne pini Eisenback, Yang & Hartman, 1985

Morphology and Anatomy:

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

Distribution:

Reported from Georgia, USA

Feeding:

Feeding site establishment and development typical of genus.

Hosts:

Type Host: Sand-pine (Pinus clausa). Some other pines appear to be poor hosts and the plants of the North Carolina Diffecetial Host Test were non-hosts.

For an extensive host range list for this species, click

Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this species, click	If species level data are not available, click for genus level parameters

Management:

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

For plants reported to have some level of resistance to this species, click

Eisneback, J.D. Yang, B., Hartman, K.M. 1985. Description of Meloidogyne mini n.sp. a root-knot nematode parasitic on sand pine (Pinus clausa) with additional notes on the morphology of Melopidogyne megatyla. J. Nematology 17:206-219.