Rev 06/01/2021
Tylenchina Tylenchoidea Pratylenchidae Pratylenchinae
Pratylenchus loosi Loof, 1960
Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
Pratylenchus loosi is reported in tea production in many areas of the world. It has been distributed in cuttings and other planting material.
Migratory endoparasite.
Ecophysiological Parameters:
A damaging past in tea production.
Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:
Early work with this nematode suggested that increasing potassium fertlization offset the damage effects.
Loof, P. A. A. 1960. Taxonomic studies on the genus Pratylenchus (Nematoda). Tijdschrift voor Plantenziekten 66:29-90.