Rev 09/05/2022
Tylenchida Tylenchina Tylenchoidea Heteroderidae Meloidogyninae
Meloidogyne pini Eisenback, Yang & Hartman, 1985
Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
Reported from Georgia, USA
Feeding site establishment and development typical of genus.
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.
Ecophysiological Parameters:
Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:
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.