Meloidogyne brasiliensis

  

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Classification:

     Chromadorea
       Rhabditida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
          Meloidogynidae
           Meloidogyninae

           Meloidogyne brasiliensis Charchar & Eisenback, 2002

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.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

See data for Meloidogyne ethiopica

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

Second-stage juvenile
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Distribution:

Brazil

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Economic Importance:

Infects tomato cv Rossol, which has the MI gene that confers resistance to M. incognita and others.

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Feeding:

Sedentary endoparasite.

Feeding site establishment and development typical of genus.

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Hosts:

See data for Meloidogyne ethiopica

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.

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Life Cycle:

See data for Meloidogyne ethiopica

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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

 

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Damage:

 

 

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Management:

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

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References:

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.

Monteiro, J.M.S., J.E. Cares, V.R. Correa, J.B. Pinheiro, V.S. Mattos, J.G.P. Silva, A.C.M.M. Gomes, M.F.A. Santos, P..Castagnone-Sereno and R.M.D.G. Carneiro 2017. Meloidogyne brasiliensis Charchar & Eisenback, 2002 is a junior synonym of M. ethiopica Whitehead, 1968.. Nematology 19:655-669.

 

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Revised: December 16, 2024.