Pratylenchus crenatus		Contents		Rev 10/14/2008
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		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
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Classification:

      Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Pratylenchidae
          Pratylenchinae
           Pratylenchus crenatus Loof, 1960

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Distribution

California, Canada, Europe, Japan

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Economic Importance:

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Feeding:

    Migratory endoparasite.     

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Hosts:

Population levels of P. crenatus increased at different rates on wheat, maize, buckwheat, common rape, common persicaria, common agrimony, horseweed and soaproot. The best host was horseweed and the worst was wheat.  Body size parameters of the nematode differed among hosts (Urek, 1999).

Turf (golf courses) in Ontario, Canada.

Tobacco in Japan.

Corn.

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Life Cycle:

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Damage:

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Management:

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References:

Urek, G. 1999.  The effect of host plants on the biopotential and the morphometric characteristics of Pratylenchus crenatus Loof, 1960. Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica. 34: 253-262.

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