Rev 10/16/2023
General Characteristics of the Avenae Group of Heterodera
Cysts lemon-shaped Bifenestrate Bullae well-developed Underbridge absent or present Vulval slit short J2 incisures 4 Monocotyledonous hosts
(Handoo and Subbotin, 2018; Subbotin et al., 2018)
Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
A specialist parasite of pioneer grasses on sand dunes. Many hosts in nature are monocotyledons.
Ecophysiological Parameters:
Handoo, Z.A., Subbotin, S.A. 2018. Taxonomy, identification and principal species. Chapter 15 in Perry, R.N. Moens, M., and Jones, J.T.(eds) Cyst Nematodes. CAB International.
Subbotin, S,A., Mundo-Ocampo, M., Baldwin, J.G. 2010. Systematics of Cyst Nematodes (Nematode: Heteroderinae). Nematology Monographs and Perspectives Volume 8B, D.J. Hunt and R.N. Perry (eds) Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands 512p
Subbotin, S.A., Toumi, F., Elekcioglu, I.H., Waeyenbridge, L., Maafi, Z.T. 2018. DNA barcoding, phylogeny and phylogeography of the cyst nematode species of the Avenae group from the genus Heterodera (Tylenchida: Heteroderidae) Nematology 20:671-702.