Meloidogyne indica

Meloidogyne indica	Contents	Rev 07/02/2024
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Classification:

      Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
          Meloidogynidae
           Meloidogyninae

Meloidogyne indica Whitehead, 1968

Review general characteristics of the genus Meloidogyne.

Morphology and Anatomy:

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Distribution:

Hosts:

.Type Host: Lime (Citrus aurantifolia)

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Neem seedlings (Azadirachta indica) parasitized by M. indica had yellowing leaves and stunted root growth. Roots were heavily galled, mostly along the tap root, and there were fewlateral branches.

Meloidogyne. indica isolated from neem also infected citrus seedlings with galls and egg masses evident 35 days after inoculation (Phani et al., 2018).

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Management:

Resistance

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References:

Phani, V. Satyapal Bishnoi, Amita Sharma, Keith G. Davies, Uma Rao. 2018. Characterization of Meloidogyne indica (Nematoda: Meloidogynidae) Parasitizing Neem in India, with a Molecular Phylogeny of the Species. J. Nematology DOI: 10.21307/jofnem-2018-015.

Whitehead, A.G. 1968. Taxonomy of Meloidogyne (Nematodea: Heteroderidae) with descriptions of four new species. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 31: 263-401.