Rev 07/02/2024
Tylenchida Tylenchina Tylenchoidea Meloidogynidae Meloidogyninae
Meloidogyne africana Whitehead, 1960
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Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
Described from coffee nurseries in Kenya and Tanzania. Also reported from other African countries and from India and Argentina (Subbotin et al., 2021)
Sedentary endoparasite.
Feeding site establishment and development typical of genus.
Type Host: coffee (Coffea arabica).
Ecophysiological Parameters:
Chromosome number 2n=21. Although this low diploid chromosome number might suggest amphimixis or meiotic parthenogenesis, Janssen et al. (2017) conclude that integrative taxonomy suggests reproduction is by obligate mitotic parthenogensis.
Resistance
Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:
Janssen, T., Karssen, G., Topalovic, O., Coyne, D., Bert, W. 2017. Integrative taxonomy of root-knot nematodes reveals multiple independent origins of mititic parthenogenesis. PloS ONE 12: e0172190.
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.
Whitegaed, A.G. 1960. The root-knot nematodes of East Africa. I. Meloidogne avricana n.,p. , a parasite of arabica coffee (Coffea arabica L.) Nematologica 4: 272-278.