Aphelenchoides

Aphelenchoides is a genus of mycetophagous nematodes. Some species are plant pathogenic foliar nematodes.

Aphelenchoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Nematoda
Class:
Secernentea
Subclass:
Diplogasteria
Order:
Tylenchida
Family:
Aphelenchoididae
Genus:
Aphelenchoides

Fischer, 1894
Species

as of 2015 138 species,[1] including:

Taxonomy

In 1961 Sanwal listed 33 species and provided a key.[3]

The most important species of these are Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi, the chrysanthemum foliar nematode; Aphelenchoides fragariae, the spring crimp or spring dwarf nematode of strawberry, which also attacks many ornamentals; and Aphelenchoides besseyi, causing summer crimp or dwarf of strawberry and white tip of rice.

Several species of this genus feed ectoparasitically and endoparasitically on aboveground plant parts.

References
  1. Eight known species of Aphelenchoides nematodes with description of a new species from Manipur, India. L. Bina Chanu, N. Mohilal, L. Victoria and M. Manjur Shah, J Parasit Dis. 2015 Jun; 39(2): 225–233, doi:10.1007/s12639-013-0323-4, PMC 4456556
  2. Franklin MT. Aphelenchoides composticola n. sp. and A. saprophilus n. sp. from mushroom compost and rotting plant tissues. Nematologica. 1957;2:306–313. doi:10.1163/187529257X00392
  3. Sanwal, K. C. (1961). "a Key to the Species of the Nematode genus Aphelenchoides Fischer, 1894". Canadian Journal of Zoology. 39 (2): 143–148. doi:10.1139/z61-018.

Bibliography
  • George Agrios (2005): Plant Pathology, Fifth Edition. Elsevier Academic Press


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