Punctodera matadorensis

 

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Rev 12/16/2024

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Classification:

      Chromadorea
       Rhabditida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Heteroderidae
          Punctoderinae


           Punctodera matadorensis Mulvey & Stone, 1976
   

Synonyms:
      None.

 

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

Females:

  • Cyst stage present.
  • Body globose, spherical to pear-shaped with long neck and no terminal cone, white color.
  • Cysts with large bullae
  • Vulval and enmal fenestrae of similar size.

Ref: Subbotin et al., 2010

 
 

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

Males: 

  • Not found

 

 
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Distribution:

Described from native grasses in Saskatchewan, Canada.

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Economic Importance:

 

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Feeding:

Nurse cell system is a syncytium.

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Hosts:

Poaceae.

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Life Cycle:

No biological studies have been conducted.

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Damage:

 

 


Management:

Resistance

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

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References:

Brzeski, M.W. 1998. Nematodes of Tylenchida in Poland and temperate Europe.  Wasaw, Poland Museum. Instytut Zoologii Polska Akademia Nauk 397 p.

Muley, R.H., Stone, A.R. 1976. Description of Punctodera matadorensis n.gen., n.sp. (Nematoda: Heteroderidae) from Saskatchewan with lists of species and generic diagnoses of Globodera (n.rank), Heterodera, and Sarisodera. Canadian J. Zool. 54:772-785.

Subbotin, S.A., Mundo-Ocampo, M., Baldwin, J.G. 2010. Systematics of Cyst Nematodes (Nematode: Heteroderinae). Nematology Monographs and Perspectives Volume 8A , D.J. Hunt and R.N. Perry (eds) Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands 351p

 

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