Heterodera mothi

Heterodera mothi	Contents	Rev 10/18/2023
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Classification:

Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Heteroderidae
          Heteroderinae

Heterodera mothi Khan & Hussain, 1965

A member of the Cyperi group of Heterodera spp.

Synonyms:

Review general characteristics of the genus Heterodera.

Morphology and Anatomy:

General Characteristics of the Cyperi Group of Heterodera

Cysts lemon-shaped or rounded
Ambifenestrate
Bullae absent or present
Underbridge bifurcate or absent
Vulval slit long
J2 incisures 3 or 4
Monocotyledonous hosts

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

Heterodera mothi is considered to be morphologically and morphometrically different from H. cyperi which is also reported from a spwecies of Cyperus (Subbotin et al., 2010).

Females:

Males:

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

Distribution:

Described from roots of Cyperus rotundus on the campus of Aligarh Muslim University in India.

Hosts:

Hosts of the Cyperi group of Heterodera spp. are usually monocotyledonous plants, e.g. nutsedge, Cyperus rotundus.

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:

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

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).