Pratylenchus kumamotoensis

 

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Rev 04/03/2021

  Classification Hosts
Morphology and Anatomy Life Cycle
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Distribution Management
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Classification:

        Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Pratylenchidae
          Pratylenchinae


           Pratylenchus kumamotoensis Mizukubo, Sugimura & Uesugi, 2007

 

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Amphimictic species, males and females present.

 


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

 
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Distribution:

Described from a population collected from rhizospheres of Chrysanthemum morifolium in Kyushu Is., western Japan.


Economic Importance:

Causes severe root lesions, stem stunting, and defoliation of lower leaves (Mizukubo et al., 2007).

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Feeding:

    Migratory endoparasite.    

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Hosts:

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Damage:

Causes severe root lesions, stem stunting, and defoliation of lower leaves (Mizukubo et al., 2007).

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Management:

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

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References:

Mizukubo, T., K. Sugimura and K. Uesugi. 2007. A new species of the genus Pratylenchus from chrysanthemum in Kyushu, western Japan (Nematoda: Pratylenchidae). Japanese Journal of Nematology 37:63-74.

Uesugi, K. Sumimoto, K., Iwahori, H., and Tateishi, Y.  2011. Host suitability of 16 chrysanthemum cultivars and 22 crop species for Pratylenchus kumamotoensis. Japanese Journal of Nematology: Nematological Research 41:23-25.

 

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Copyright  1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: April 03, 2021.