Meloidogyne kikuyensis

  

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Rev 08/30/2022

Kikuyu Grass Root-knot Nematode Classification Hosts
Morphology and Anatomy Life Cycle
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Distribution Management
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Classification:

      Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Heteroderidae
          Meloidogyninae


        Meloidogyne kikuyensis De Grisse, 1961

Review general characteristics of the genus Meloidogyne.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

This species is reported to have only 7 chromosomes, similar to M. spartinae, rather than the n=13-19 of most root-knot nematode species. The chromosomes of M. kikuyensis are larger than those of most other Meloidogyne species  (Eisenback and Viera, 2020).

Female:

 

 

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

Reported fro, kikuyu grass (Pennisetum clandestinum) in Kenya and sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) in South Africa (Eisenback and Viera, 2020).

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Economic Importance:

 

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Feeding:

 

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Hosts:

.Type Host: Kikuyu grass (Pennisetum clandestinum)

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Life Cycle:

 

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Damage:

Causes small nodule-like galls on roots. Giant cells seem to be formed by disoolution of cell walls, as occurs with cyst nematodes, rather than by hypertrophy and nuclear division without cell divison.

The vascular tissues supplying the giant cells are at right angles to the vascular cylinder of the main root.

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Management:

Resistance

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

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References:

Eisenback, J.D., Viera, P. 2020. Additional notes on the morphology and molecular data of the Kikuyu root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne kikuyensis (Nematoda: Meloidogynidae). J. Nematology 52: | DOI: 10.21307/jofnem-2020-067

De Grisse, A. 1961. Meloidogyne kikuyensis n.sp., a parasite of kikuyu grass (Pennisetum clandestinum) in Kenya. Nematologica 5:303-308.

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: August 30, 2022.