Pratylenchus pseudocoffeae

 

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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 pseudocoffeae Mizukubo, 1992

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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:

Originally described from Japan. later in Iran and Belgium.

 

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Economic Importance:

Causes damage to chrysanthemums, inmcluding root lesions, stunting and chlorosis of above-ground parts (Uesugi et al., 2012)

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Feeding:

    Migratory endoparasite.    

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Hosts:

Hosts include chrysanthemum, artemisia, aster and grasses (Uesugi et al., 2012).

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Life Cycle:

 

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Damage:

Causes damage to chrysanthemums, inmcluding root lesions, stunting and chlorosis of above-ground parts. Rates of population increase and damage to plants were especially high in chrysanthemum variety Jimba (Uesugi et al., 2012)

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Management:

 

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

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Nematode-suppressive green manure rotation crops were generally resistant or poor hosts (Uesugi et al., 2012).

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References:

Mizukubo, T. (1992) Pratylenchus pseudocoffeae n. sp. (Nematoda: Pratylenchidae) from composite plants in Japan. Applied Entomology and Zoology 27, 437-444.

Uesugi,K., H. Iwahori, Y. Tateishi. 2012. Pathogenicity of Pratylenchus pseudocoffeae in chrysanthemum and its reproduction on 23 crops. Nematological Research 42:31-34

 

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