Meloidogyne graminicola: a major threat to rice agriculture.

ABSTRACT:

Taxonomy

Superkingdom Eukaryota; Kingdom Metazoa; Phylum Nematoda; Class Chromadorea; Order Tylenchida; Suborder Tylenchina; Infraorder Tylenchomorpha; Superfamily Tylenchoidea; Family Meloidogynidae; Subfamily Meloidogyninae; Genus Meloidogyne.

Biology

Microscopic non-segmented roundworm. Plant pathogen; obligate sedentary endoparasitic root-knot nematode. Reproduction: facultative meiotic parthenogenetic species in which amphimixis can occur at a low frequency (c. 0.5%); relatively fast life cycle completed in 19-27 days on rice depending on the temperature range.

Host range

Reported to infect over 100 plant species, including cereals and grass plants, as well as dicotyledonous plants. Main host: rice (Oryza sativa).

Symptoms

Characteristic hook-shaped galls

SUBMITTER: Mantelin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6638252 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature