Meloidogyn eaberrans

Meloidogyne aberrans	Contents	Rev 10/31/2023
Kiwifruit Root-knot Nematode	Classification	Hosts
	Morphology and Anatomy	Life Cycle
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Classification:

      Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Heteroderidae
          Meloidogyninae

Meloidogyne aberrans Tan, Xu, Yuan, Wang, Lin, Zhou & Liao, 2017

Synonyms

Review general characteristics of the genus Meloidogyne.

Morphology and Anatomy:

Female:

Body pear-shaped to ovoid; embedded in galled tissue.

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

Male:

Vermiform; posterior body twisted
Latera feiled unusual for the genus with 11-15 incisures at mid-body.

Second-stege juveniles:

Stylet unusually long for the genus (15.9-16.8 um).
Lateral field with four incisures
Pharyngeal gland overlapping intestine venyrally

Distribution:

Reported fromGuiZhou Province, China.

Economic Importance:

Potentially damageing in kiwi production.

Feeding:

Sedentary endoparasite.

Feeding site establishment and development typical of genus.

Incites large galls near root tips. Galls contain 1 to 5 females

Hosts:

.Roots of wild kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis) had high infection levels at type locality.

For an extensive host range list for this species, click

Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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

Males occur. Chromosome number and mode of reproduction unknown.

Management:

Resistance

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

For plants reported to have some level of resistance to this species, click

Subbotin, S.A. Palomares-Rius, J.E., Castillo, P. 2021. Systematics of Root-knot Nematodes (Nematoda: Meloidogynidae). Nematology Monographs and Perspectives Volume 14, D.J. Hunt and R.N. Perry (eds) Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands 857p.