Meloidodera
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Meloidodera |
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| Cystoid nematode |
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Classification |
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Hosts |
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Morphology and Anatomy |
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Life Cycle |
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Economic Importance |
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Distribution |
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Management |
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Feeding |
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Female: No cyst stage. Body globose with short neck. Cuticle of medium thickness, whole body annulated, with modified pattern at anal-vulval region. D-layer absent. Subcrystalline layer present. Vulva median; vulval lips not protruding. Eggs either deposited or retained in body.
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Male: Body twisted, short (under 0.6 mm).
Lateral field with four lines. Spicules short (under 30 µm), slightly curved, obliquely directed. Tail short, hemispherical. No cloacal tubus. Phasmids punctiform, subterminal. No male metamorphosis within second-stage cuticle. Second-stage juveniles: Lateral field with four lines. Esophageal glands filling body cavity. Tail conical, of medium length, with half-length, hyaline, terminal part. Phasmids with or
without lens-like structure. |
Nurse cell system: A single, giant cell with a single, giant nucleus in the vascular tissues.
Adult female body exposed on root surface.
[Ref: Luc, Maggenti & Fortuner, Rev. Nematol. 11(2):159-176 (1988).]