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Tylenchina Tylenchoidea Pratylenchidae Pratylenchinae
Pratylenchus neglectus (Rensch, 1924) Filipjev and Schuurmans-Stekhoven
Lip region is generally low and flat. Head frame sclerotized.
Tail conical and rounded to flattened at tip.
Nematode has short ventral overlap of esophagus.
Monovarial, uterus prodelphic, short post-uterine sac.
Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
D-rated pest in California Nematode Pest Rating System.
Migratory endoparasite of roots.
Wide host range.
Ecophysiological Parameters:
There are no males (extremely rare); females reproduce by mitotic parthenogenesis; the somatic chromosome number is 20 (Roman and Triantaphyllou, 1969). .In mitotic parthenogenesis there is no fertilization and there is mitotic division of oogonia so that the somatic number of chromosomes is preserved throughout.
Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:
Roman, J., Triantaphyllou, A.C. 1969. Gametogenesis oand reproduction of seven species of Pratylenchus. J. Nematology 1:357-362.
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