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:
Intercepted in roots of ginger (Zingiber sp.) imported into USA from Thailand, so Thailand is assumed to be an area of distribution. The plants were imported to San Francisco after purchase at a Bangkok market supplied by local nursery growers.
Sedentary endoparasite.
Feeding site establishment and development typical of genus.
Type Host: Ginger (Zingiber sp.)
Ecophysiological Parameters:
Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:
Handoo, Z.A., Skantar, A.M., Carta, L.K., Erbe, E.F. 2005. Morphological and Molecular Characterization of a New Root-Knot Nematode, Meloidogyne thailandica n. sp. (Nematoda: Meloidogynidae), Parasitizing Ginger (Zingiber sp.). J. Nematology 37:343-353.