Rev 06/01/2021
Tylenchina Tylenchoidea Pratylenchidae Pratylenchinae
Pratylenchus japonicus (Ryss, 1988) Mizukubo, Orui & Minagawa, 1997
Originally described as Pratylenchus macrostylus japonicus by Ryss, (1988).
Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
Pratylenchus japonicus is recorded as a nematode parasite of trees, such as Quercus spp., Eriobotrya japonica Lindley, and Prunus sp., in Kyushu and Honshu. Japan (Mizukubo et al., 1997).
Migratory endoparasite.
Ecophysiological Parameters:
Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:
Mizukubo, T., Orui, Y., Minagawa, N. 1997. Morphology and molecular characteristics of Pratylenchus japonicus (Ryss, 1988) n. stat,(Nematoda: Pratylenchidae). Esakia 37:203-214.
Ryss, A. Yu., 1988. Kornevye paraziticheskie nematody semeistva Pratylenchidctr (Tylenchida) mirovoi fauny. [World Fauna of the Root Parasitic Nematodes of‘ the Family Pratylenchidae (Tylenchida).] Leningrad. USSR. 367 pp. (In Russian).