Mesocriconema sphaerocephala

Mesocriconema sphaerocephala	Contents	Rev 12/18/2023
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Classification:

Criconematidae
Mesocriconema sphaerocephala (Taylor, 1936) De Grisse and Loof, 1965

Synonyms:

Criconemoides sphaerocephalum Taylor, 1936
Criconemoides citri Steiner, 1949
Criconemoides georgii Prasad, Khan and Mathur, 1965

Morphology and Anatomy:

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

Distribution:

Reported from:

West Indies, USA, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Guatemala, Central and West Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Congo, UAR, and widely in Europe

Economic Importance:

D-rated pests in California.

Economic importance unknown.

Hosts:

Wide host range. Grasses, trees, grains, vegetables, cotton.

For an extensive host range list for this species, click

Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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

Management:

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

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References:

CIH Descriptions of Plant-parasitic Nematodes, Set 2, No. 28 (1973)

Pinkerton, J. N.; Forge, T. A.; Ivors, K. L.; Ingham, R. E.. 1999. Plant-parasitic nematodes associated with grapevines, Vitis vinifera, in Oregon vineyards. Journal of Nematology, 31:624-634.

Brzeski, M., Y.E. Choi and P.A.A. Loof. 2002a. Compendium of the genus Criconemoides Taylor, 1936 (Nematoda: Criconematidae). Nematology 4:325-339.

Brzeski, M., P.A.A. Loof and Y.E. Choi . 2002b. Compendium of the genus Mesocriconema Andrassy, 1965 (Nematoda: Criconematidae). Nematology 4:341-360.

Cordero, M. A. Robert T. Robbins, Allen L. Szalanski. 2012. Taxonomic and Molecular Identification of Mesocriconema and Criconemoides Species (Nematoda: Criconematidae). J. Nematology 44: 399-426.

Geraert, E. 2010. The Criconematidae of the World: Identification of the Family Criconematidae. Academia Press, Gent. 615p.

Loof, P.A.A and A. De Grisse. 1989. Taxonomic and nomenclatorial observations on the genus Criconemella De Grisse and Loof, 1965 sensu Luc and Raski, 1981. Med. Fac. Landn. Rijksuniv. Gent. 54:53-74.

Raski, D.J. and Luc, M. 1987. A reappraisal of Tylenchina (Nematoda) 10. The superfamily Criconematoidea Taylor, 1936. Revue de Nematologie 10:409-444.