Rev 07/02/2024
Tylenchida Tylenchina Tylenchoidea Meloidogynidae Meloidogyninae
Meloidogyne carolinensis Eisenback, 1982
Melodigyne carolinensis was originally studied, and the name provided, in an unpublished PhD thesis by Fox (1967). The formal description of the species was later developed and extended by Eisenback (1982).
Review general characteristics of the genus Meloidogyne.
Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
Described from blueberry plantings in North Carolina, USA.
.Type Host: highbush blueberry cv Wolcott verived from hybrids of Vaccinium corymbosum and V. lamareekii. Other blueberry species and hybrids, also Rhododendron are reported as good hosts (Subbotin et al., 2021.
Ecophysiological Parameters:
Chromosome number n=18. Reproduction by amphimixis (Triantaphyllou, 1985).
Resistance
Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:
Eisneback, J.D. 1982, Description of the blueberry root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne carolinensis n.sp. J. Nematology 14:303-317.
Fox, J.A. 1967. Biological studies on the blueberry root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne carolinensis n.sp.) PhD thesis, Northe Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
Subbotin, S.A., Palomares-Rius, J.E., Castillo, P. 2021. Systematics of Root-knot Nematodes (Nematoda: Meloidoginidae). . Nematology Monograpshs and Perspectives Vol 14. (D.J. Hunt and R.J. Perry, eds).
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.