Rev 07/02/2024
Tylenchida Tylenchina Tylenchoidea Meloidogynidae Meloidogyninae
Meloidogyne lopezi Humphreys-Pereira, Flores-Chavez, Gomez, Salazar, Gomez-Alpizar & Elling, 2014
Review general characteristics of the genus Meloidogyne.
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Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
Reported from southern Costa Rica.
.Type Host: coffee (Coffea arabica cv Catuai)
Ecophysiological Parameters:
Causes numerous small galls on roots of coffee (Coffea arabica cv Catuai). Each gall with a single female with egg mass on root surface. No cracking or corky root on root surface (Subbotin et al., 2021).
Resistance
Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:
Humphreys-Pereira, D.A., Flores-Chavez, L., Gomez, M., Salazar, L. Gomez-Alpizar, L.E., Elling, A.A. 2014. Meloidogyne lopezi n.sp. (Nematode: Meloidogynidae, a new root-knot nematode. Nematology 16:643-661.
Lopez. R. and Salazar, L. 1989. Melodogyne arabicida sp.n. (Nemata: Heteroderidae) nativo de Costa Rica: un nuevo y severo y patogeno del cafeto. Turrialba 39:313-323.
Subbotin, S.A., Rius, J.E.P. and Castillo, P., 2021. Systematics of Root-Knot Nematodes (Nematoda: Meloidogynidae). Brill. 857p.