Rev 06/01/2021
Tylenchina Tylenchoidea Pratylenchidae Pratylenchinae
Pratylenchus oleae Palomares-Rius, Guesmi, Horrigue-Roaouani, Cantalapiedra-Navarrete & Liebanas, 2014.
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).
Migratory endoparasite of plant roots.
Ecophysiological Parameters:
Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:
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.