Meloidogyne megadora

  

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Rev 10/24/2023

Angolan Coffee 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 megadora Whitehead, 1968

Review general characteristics of the genus Meloidogyne.



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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

 

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

Described from roots of coffee on a Coffee Research Station in Angola.  Also reported from several other African countries.

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Economic Importance:

 

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Feeding:

Sedentary endoparasite.

Feeding site establishment and development typical of genus. 

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Hosts:

Type Host: Robusta coffee (Coffea canephora)

Coffee

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this species, click If species level data are not available, click for genus level parameters

 

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Damage:

 

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Management:

Resistance

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

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

 

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References:

Lordello, L.G.E. 1986  Plant-parasitic nematodes that attack coffee. Pp 33-41 in Anon.  Plant-parasitic nematodes of bananas, citrus, coffee, grapes and tobacco. Union Carbide Corp.

Whitehead, A.G. 1968. Taxonomy of Meloidogyne (Heteroderidae) with descriptions of four new species Trans. Zool. Soc. London 31;263-401.

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: October 24, 2023.