Heterodera saccharophila

Heterodera saccharophila	Contents	Rev 10/17/2023
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Classification:

Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Heteroderidae
          Ataloderinae

Heterodera saccharophila (Kaushal & Sharup, 1988) Mundo-Ocampo, Troccoli, Subbotin, Cid, Baldwin & Inserra, 2008.

A member of the Afenestrata group of Heterodera spp.

Synonyms:
Afenestrata sacchari Kaushal & Sharup, 1988

Morphology and Anatomy:

General Characteristics of the Afenestrata Group of Heterodera

Cysts lemon-shaped to rounded
Fenestration absent
Bullae absent
Underbridge weak or absent
Vulval slit long
J2 incisures 3 or 4
Monocotyledonous hosts

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

Females:

Cyst stage present.

Males:

Body twisted.
Lateral field with four lines.
Spicules terminal, posteriorly directed, straight, distal extremity pointed; cloacal tube well developed.
No phasmids.

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

Feeding:

Nurse cell system: A multinucleate syncytium.

Hosts:

Hosts of the Afenestrata group of Heterodera spp. are usually monocotyledonous plants. Saccharum munjo.

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Management:

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.

Mundo-Ocampo, M., Troccoli, A., Subbotin, S.A., Cid, J.D., Baldwin, J.G., Inserra, R.N. 2008. Synonymy of Afenestrata with Heterodera supported by phylogenetics with molecular and morphological characterisation of H. koreana comb. n. and H. orientalis comb. n. (Tylenchida: Heteroderidae). Nematology 10:611-632.

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).