Meloidogyne brasiliensis		Contents		Rev 10/14/2008
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		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
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Classification:

      Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Heteroderidae
          Meloidogyninae
           Meloidogyne brasiliensis Charchar & Eisenback

Brazilian Root-knot Nematode

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Distribution:

Brazil

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Economic Importance:

Infects tomato cv Rossol, which has the MI gene that confers resistance to M. incognita and others.

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Feeding:

Sedentary endoparasite.

Feeding site establishment and development typical of genus.

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Hosts:

Lycopersicon esculentum cv Rossol (Londrina, Brazil population).

Pisum sativum (Brasilia population).

Tobacco (NC95), tomato, pea, bean.

Non-hosts include pepper, watermelon, peanut, corn, soybean, cotton.

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Life Cycle:

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Damage:

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Management:

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References:

Charchar, J.M. and Eisenback, J.D. 2002. Meloidogyne brasiliensis n. sp. (Nematoda: Meloidogyninae), a root-knot nematode parasitizing tomato cv. Rossol in Brazil. Nematology 4:629-643.

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: October 14, 2008.