Rev 07/02/2024
Brazilian Root-knot Nematode
Melodogyne brasiliensis is considered a junior synonym of M. ethiopica Whitehead, 1968 (Monteiro et al., 2017).
Review general characteristics of the genus Meloidogyne.
See data for Meloidogyne ethiopica
Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
Second-stage juvenile
Brazil
Infects tomato cv Rossol, which has the MI gene that confers resistance to M. incognita and others.
Sedentary endoparasite.
Feeding site establishment and development typical of genus.
Solanum lycopersicum cv Rossol (Londrina, Brazil population).
Pisum sativum (Brasilia population).
Tobacco (NC95), tomato, pea, bean.
Non-hosts include pepper, watermelon, peanut, corn, soybean, cotton.
Ecophysiological Parameters:
Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:
Charchar, J.M. and Eisenback, J.D. 2002. Meloidogyne brasiliensis n. sp. (Nematoda: Meloidogyninae), a root-knot nematode parasitizing tomato cv. Rossol in Brazil. Nematology 4:629-643.