Xiphinema ifacolum

  

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Classification:

 Enoplea
      Dorylaimida
       Dorylaimina
        Dorylaimoidea
         Longidoridae
          Xiphineminae
Xiphinema ifacolum Luc, 1961
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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:


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Economic Importance:

Q-rated pest in California.

 

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Feeding:

Feeds at root tips causing swelling, stunting, and destruction of tips.

 

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Hosts:

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this species, click If species level data are not available, click for genus level parameters

  Development from egg to adult recorded as 8 weeks (Coiro et al., 1995; Coiro et al., 2002). 

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Damage:

 

 

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Management:

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

For plants reported to have some level of resistance to this species, click

 

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References:

Coiro M.I., Sasanelli N. and Serino M., 1995 - Fecundity and longevity of individual Xiphinema ifacolum (Nematoda: Dorylaimidae) on tomato. Nematologica, 41: 191-196.

Coiro, M.I., F. Lamberti, N. Sasanelli, L. W. Duncan, A. Agostinelli. 2002. Reproduction and longevity of Xiphinema setariae (Nematoda). Nematologia Mediterranea 30:91-95.

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: February 04, 2021.