Rev 07/02/2024
Review general characteristics of the genus Meloidogyne.
Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
Second-stage juvenile
Hawaii, USA
Sedentary endoparasite.
Feeding site establishment and development typical of genus.
Type Host: coffee (Coffea arabica)
Ecophysiological Parameters:
Chromosome number 2n=44. The large number, and variability of chromosome number, are typical of species reproducing by obligate mitotic parthenogenesis. (Eisenback et al., 1994; Subbotin et al., 2021; Triantaphyllou, 1985).
Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:
Eisenback, J.D., Bernard, E.C., Schmitt, D.P. 1994. Description of the Kona coffee root-kmot nematode, Meloidogyne konaense n.sp. J. Nematology 26:363-374.
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.