Pratylenchus loosi

  

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Rev 12/16/2024

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Classification:

        Chromadorea
       Rhabditida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Pratylenchidae
          Pratylenchinae

           Pratylenchus loosi Loof, 1960

 

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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:

Pratylenchus loosi is reported in tea production in many areas of the world. It has been distributed in cuttings and other planting material.

 
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Economic Importance:

 
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Feeding:

    Migratory endoparasite.    

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Hosts:

For an extensive host range list for this species, click


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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this species, click If species level data are not available, click for genus level parameters

 

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Damage:

A damaging past in tea production.

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Management:

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

For plants reported to have some level of resistance to this species, click

Early work with this nematode suggested that increasing potassium fertlization offset the damage effects.

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References:

Loof, P. A. A. 1960. Taxonomic studies on the genus Pratylenchus (Nematoda). Tijdschrift voor Plantenziekten 66:29-90.

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Copyright 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: December 16, 2024.