Pratylenchus oleae

Pratylenchus oleae	Contents	Rev 12/16/2024
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Classification:

       Chromadorea
       Rhabditida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Pratylenchidae
          Pratylenchinae

Pratylenchus oleae Palomares-Rius, Guesmi, Horrigue-Roaouani, Cantalapiedra-Navarrete & Liebanas, 2014.

Morphology and Anatomy:

Asingle-sex Pratylenchus species, females only have been found..

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

Pratylenchus oleae was found and is described from roots of olive plants cv. Koroneiki in commercial fields at Ouled Chamekh (central Tunisia), and wild and cultivated olive (cv. Picual) plants in Agua Amarga (southern Spain).

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Economic Importance:

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Feeding:

Migratory endoparasite of plant roots.

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Hosts:

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Damage:

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References:

Palomares-Rius, J.E., Guesmi, I.,Horrigue-Roaouani, N., Cantalapiedra-Navarrete, C., Liebanas, G. 2014. Morphological and molecular characterisation of Pratylenchus oleae n. sp. (Nematoda: Pratylenchidae) parasitizing wild and cultivated olives in Spain and Tunisia. Europezn Journal of Plant Pathology 140:53-67.