Meloidogyne duytsi

Meloidogyne duytsi	Contents	Rev 12/16/2024
Duyts's Root-knot Nematode	Classification	Hosts
	Morphology and Anatomy	Life Cycle
Return to Meloidogyne Menu	Economic Importance	Damage
	Distribution	Management
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Classification:

      Chromadorea
       Rhabditida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
          Meloidogynidae
           Meloidogyninae

Meloidogyne duytsi Karssen, van Aelst & van der Putten, 1998

Review general characteristics of the genus Meloidogyne.

Morphology and Anatomy:

Althouigh similar to M. dunensis, it differs in having a larger perineal psattern and some morphometric ratios.

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

Distribution:

Described from sand dunes, coastal foredunes near Oostvoorne, The Netherlands .

Feeding:

Sedentary endoparasite.

Feeding site establishment and development typical of genus.

Hosts:

Sand twitch grass (Elymus famus) Ammophila arenaria and, in host range tests, wheat (Triticum aestivum cv Minatret).

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

Damage:

Only very small galls are induced so root infection is not easily detected..

Management:

Resistance

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

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

Palomares-Rius, J.E., Vovlas, N., Troccoli, A., Liebanas, G., Landa B.N. and Castillo,P.A. 2007. New root-knot nematode parasitizing sea rocketfrom Spanish Mediterranean coastal dunes. J. Nematology 38:190-202.

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.