Heterodera bifenestra

Heterodera bifenestra	Contents	Rev 10/17/2023
Bifenestrate Cyst Nematode	Classification	Hosts
	Morphology and Anatomy	Life Cycle
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Classification:

Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Heteroderidae
          Heteroderinae

Heterodera bifenestra Cooper, 1955

A member of the Bifenestra group of Heterodera spp.

Synonyms:
Bidera bifenestra (Cooper, 1955) Krall' & Krall', 1978

Heterodera longicaudata (Seidel, 1972)

Bidera longicaudata (Seidel, 1972) Krall' & Krall', 1978)

Review general characteristics of the genus Heterodera.

Morphology and Anatomy:

General Characteristics of the Cardiolata Group of Heterodera

Cysts lemon-shaped
Bifenestrate
Bullae absent
Underbridge absent
J2 incisures 3
Monocotyledonous hosts

(Handoo and Subbotin, 2018; Subbotin et al., 2010, Subbotin et al. 2023)

Females:

Heterodera bifenestra: males

Males:

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

Hosts:

Hosts are monocotyledons.

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Management:

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

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References:

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., Roubtsova, T.V., Bostock, R.M., Maafi, Z.T., Chizhov, V.N., Palomares-Rius, J.E., Pablo Castillo, P. 2023. DNA barcoding, phylogeny and phylogeography of the cyst nematode species of the Schachtii group from the genus Heterodera (Tylenchida: Heteroderidae). Nematology (in press).