Rev 11-01-2020
Enoplea Triplonchida Diphtherophorina Diphtherophoidea Trichodoridae Trichodorinae
Paratrichodorus Siddiqi, 1974
(31 known species as of 1996)
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Females:
Males:
Ref. Decraemer, W. 1995
Worldwide.
D-rated pest in California Nematode Pest Rating System.
Stunt roots, transmit Tobraviruses including Tobacco Rattle Virus, Pea early-browning Virus and Pepper Ringspot Virus.
Tobraviruses are straight tubular particles with two size ranges, 180-210 nm and 45-115 nm. Trichodorus and Paratrichodorus are vectors.
At root tip.
Nematodes in the Trichodoridae have a wide host range.
Root tip damage causes root elongation to cease. Hence "stubby root" symptoms.
Decraemer, W. 2011. Virus vector families Part II. Trichdoridae.Academia Press, Gent.123p.