Rev 25-01-2021
Enoplea Triplonchida Diphtherophorina Diphtherophoidea Trichodoridae Trichodorinae
Allotrichodorus Rodriguez, Sher and Siddiqi, 1978
(7 known species as of 1996)
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Body configuration usually rounded at both ends.
Cuticle tends to swell in water and fixative when nematodes are killed.
Curved onchiostyle with dorsal groove.
Females: Monovarial.
Ref. Decraemer, W. 1995
Only reported from South and Central America as of 1996.
Stunt roots, transmit Tobacco Rattle Virus, Pea early-browning Virus and Pepper Ringspot Virus.
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.