STUDY GUIDE FOR PEST CONTROL ADVISERS: NEMATODES
SPECIFIC NEMATODES:
Be familiar with the common nematodes including common and scientific names, host range, life cycle, economic significance, damage symptoms, sampling and general management.
Anguina spp.: seed and leaf gall nematodes Review
Aphelenchoides spp.: foliar nematodes Review
- A.fragariae:strawberrybudnematode
- A.ritzemabosi:chrysanthemumnematode
Ditylenchus spp.: stem and bulb nematodes Review
- D.destructor:potatorotnematode
- D.dipsaci:stemandbulbnematode
Hemicycliophora arenaria: sheath nematode* Review
Heterodera spp.: cyst nematodes Review
- H. cruciferae: cabbage cyst nematode
- H. schachtii: sugarbeet cyst nematode
Longidorus spp.: needle nematodes Review
Meloidogyne spp.: root-knot nematodes Review
- M. arenaria: peanut root-knot nematode
- M. chitwoodi: Columbian root-knot nematode
- M. hapla: northern root-knot nematode
- M. incognita: southern root-knot nematode
- M. javanica: Javanese root-knot nematode
- M.naasi:barleyroot-knotnematode
Mesocriconema spp. (previously Criconemella spp.): ring nematodes
Nacobbus spp.: false root-knot nematodes
Paratrichodorus spp.: stubby-root nematodes Review
Paratylenchus spp.: pin nematodes Review
Pratylenchus spp.: lesion nematodes Review
- P. brachyurus: southern lesion nematode
- P.coffeae:coffeelesionnematode
- P.neglectus:rootlesionnematode
- P. penetrans: northern lesion nematode
- P. scribneri: Scribner's lesion nematode
- P. thornei: Thorne's lesion nematode
- P.vulnus:walnutlesionnematode
- P. zeae: corn lesion nematode
Rotylenchulus reniformis: reniform nematode*
Trichodorus spp.: stubby-root nematode Review
Tylenchulus semipenetrans: citrus nematode Review
Xiphinema spp.: dagger nematodes Review
*Quarantine pest
NEMAPLEX a web based resource
developed by Howard Ferris has links to information about many of the nematodes mentioned on this page.
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