Meloidogyne luci

 

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Luc's Root-knot Nematode Classification Hosts
Morphology and Anatomy Life Cycle
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Distribution Management
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Classification:

     Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
          Meloidogynidae
           Meloidogyninae

        Meloidogyne luci Carneiro, Correa, Almeida, Gomes, Deimi, Castagnone-Sereno & Karssen, 2014

Review general characteristics of the genus Meloidogyne.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 
 

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

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Distribution:

Reported fronm Brazil and Portugal (Santos et al., 2019)

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Economic Importance:

 

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Feeding:

 

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Hosts:

.Type Host: Lavender (Lavandula spica).

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Life Cycle:

 

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Chromosome number 2n=42-46. The large number, and variability of chromosome number, are typical of species reproducing by obligate mitotic parthenogenesis. (Carneiro et al., 2014; Subbotin et al., 2021; Triantaphyllou, 1985).

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Damage:

 

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Management:

Resistance

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

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References:

Carneiro, R. M. D. G., Correa, V. R., Almeida, M. R. A., Gomes, A. C. M. M., Deimi, A. M., Castagnone-Sereno, P. and Karssen, G. 2014. Meloidogyne luci n. sp. (Nematoda: Meloidogynidae), a root-knot nematode parasitising different crops in Brazil, Chile and Iran. Nematology 16:289-301.

Santos, D., Correio, A., Abrantes, I., Maleita, C. 2019. New Hosts and Records in Portugal for the Root-Knot Nematode Meloidogyne luci. J. Nematology DOI: 10.21307/jofnem-2019-003, Mar 2019.

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.

 

 

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Revised: July 02, 2024.