Paratrichodorus hispanus

  

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a stubby-root nematode

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Classification:

      Enoplea
       Triplonchida
        Diphtherophorina
         Diphtherophoidea
          Trichodoridae
           Trichodorinae


             Paratrichodorus hispanus Roca & Arias, 1986

 

Synonyms


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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:

Reported from soil around roots of wheat in Spain.

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Economic Importance:

 

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Feeding:

Ectoparasitic; feeds on epidermal cells at and just behind root tips.

Feeds by repeated thrusting of the onchiostyle within a polysaccharide feeding tube.  Cell contents move along the groove along the dorsal side of the onchiostyle.

 

 

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Hosts:

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Damage:

 

 

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Management:

Resistance

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

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References:

Bongers, T. 1988. De Nematoden van Nederland, Pirola, Schoorl. Utrecht. 408p.

Martin de Almeida, M.T., Almeida Santos, M.S.N.D., Abrantes, I.M.D.O., and Decraemer, Wilfrida. 2005. Nematology 7:343-361.

 

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Revised: January 12, 2020.