Meloidogyne pini

 

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Rev 10/29/2023

Sand pine Root-knot Nematode Classification Hosts
Morphology and Anatomy Life Cycle
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Distribution Management
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Classification:

      Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Heteroderidae
          Meloidogyninae

        Meloidogyne pini Eisenback, Yang & Hartman, 1985

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:

Reported from stunted sand pine trees in a commercial planmtation in Georgia, 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: Sand-pine (Pinus clausa). Some other pines appear to be poor hosts and the plants of the North Carolina Differential Host Test were non-hosts.

North Carolina Differential Host Test
Gossypium hirsutum, Cotton (Deltapine 61)
non-host
Nicotiana tabacum
Tobacco (NC 95)
non-host
Capsicum annuum
Pepper (California Wonder)
non-host
Citrullus lanatus
Watermelon (Charleston Gray)
non-host
Arachis hypogaea
Peanut (Florunner)
non-host
Solanum lycupersicum
Tomato (Rutgers)
non-host
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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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

Chromosome number n=18. Reproduction by amphimixis (Triantaphyllou, 1985; Subbotin et al., 2021).

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Damage:

 

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Management:

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

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

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.

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: October 29, 2023.