Rev 07/02/2024
Tylenchida Tylenchina Tylenchoidea Meloidogynidae Meloidogyninae
Meloidogyne nataliae Golden, Rose & Bird, 1981
Review general characteristics of the genus Meloidogyne.
Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
Described from Michigan, USA
Sedentary endoparasite.
Feeding site establishment and development typical of genus.
Type Host: Fox grape (Vitis labrusca). Other Vitis species and rootstocks are also reported as hosts.
Ecophysiological Parameters:
Chromosome number n=4. Reproduction by amphimixis (Triantaphyllou, 1985; Subbotin et al., 2021).
Resistance
Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:
Golden, A.M., Rose, L.M. and Brird, G.W. 1981. Descriptioon of Meloidogyne nataliei n. sp. (Nematoda: Meloidogynidae) from grape (Vitis labrusca) in Michigan, with SEM obsaervations. J. Nematology 13:393-400.
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.
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.