Meloidogyne spartinae

Meloidogyne spartinae	Contents	Rev 10/24/2023
Cordgrass Root-knot Nematode	Classification	Hosts
	Morphology and Anatomy	Life Cycle
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Classification:

      Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Heteroderidae
          Meloidogyninae

Meloidogyne spartinae (Rau & Fassuliotis, 1965) Whitehead, 1968

Synonyms

Hypsoperine spartinae (Rau & Fassuliotis, 1965)

Hypsoperine (Spartonema) spartinae (Rau & Fassuliotis, 1965)

Review general characteristics of the genus Meloidogyne.

Morphology and Anatomy:

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

Distribution:

First observed on cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) in Florida, USA, and described origiinally as Hypsosperine spartinae by Rau and Fassuliotis (1965) from specimens collected on S. alterniflora near the farm of the US Vegetable Breeding Laboratory (where Fassuliotis was stationed), located near Charleston, South Carolina, USA (Subbotin et al., 2021).

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Economic Importance:

C-rated pests in California.

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Feeding:

Sedentary endoparasite.

Feeding site establishment and development typical of genus.

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Hosts:

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Chromosome number n=7. Reproduction by amphimixis (Triantaphyllou, 1985; Triantaphyllou, 1987; Subbotin et al., 2021).

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Damage:

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Management:

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

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References:

Rau, G.J. and Fassuliotis, G. 1965. Hypsoperine spartinae sp.n., a gall-forming nematode on the roots of smooth cordgrass. Proc. Helmithol. Soc. Wash. 32:159-162.

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. 1987. Cytogenetic status of Meloidogyne (Hypsoperine) spartinae in relation to other Meloidogyne species. J. Nematology 19:1-7.

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.

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