Rev 07/02/2024
Tylenchida Tylenchina Tylenchoidea Meloidogynidae Meloidogyninae
Meloidogyne moensi Le, Nguyen, Nguyen, Liebanas, Nguyen, Trinh, 2019
Review general characteristics of the genus Meloidogyne.
Female:
Male:
Ref Le, et al., 2019
Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
Described from Robusta coffee (Coffea canephora) in the Western Highlands of Vietnam
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Nineteen species of Meloidogyne have been reported from coffee worldwide as of 2019 (Le et al., 2019).
Sedentary endoparasite.
Feeding site establishment and development typical of genus.
Robusta coffee
Ecophysiological Parameters:
Sedentary endoparasites.
Egg masses within galled coffee roots.
Meloidogyne moensi causes inconspicuous galls or slight swellings on coffee roots. (Fig. 2n). Nutrient absorption is compromised by the infected root system, leading to stunting and chlorosis of the host plant. Coffee roots infected by have relatively small galls (1 – 2 mm diam.), each gall containing several females with egg masses retained inside the gall (Le et al., 2019).
Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:
Le, T.M.L., Nguyen, T.D., Nguyen, H.T., Liebanas, G., Nguyen, T.A.D., Trinh, Q.P. 2019. A new root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne moensi n. sp. (Nematoda: Meloidogynidae), parasitizing Robusta coffee from Western Highlands, Vietnam. Helminthologia 56:229-246.
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.