First record of the root knot nematode, Meloidogyne minor in New Zealand with description, sequencing information and key to known species of Meloidogyne in New Zealand
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Zhao, Zeng Qi
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Ho, Wellcome
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Griffin, Ruth
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Surrey, Michael
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Taylor, Robert
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Aalders, Lee T.
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Bell, Nigel L.
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Xu, Yu Mei
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Alexander, Brett J. R.
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Zootaxa
2017
4231
2
203
218
journal article
36579
10.11646/zootaxa.4231.2.4
695f8e3c-62bf-4fad-9ef0-3df6ae2edd72
1175-5326
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TABLE 1. Morphometrics of adult and second stage juveniles (J2) of Meloidogyne minor isolated from New Zealand. Measurements are in µm and in the form: mean ± SD (range).| Character | Female | Male | J2 |
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| n | 1 1 | 1 1 | 1 3 |
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| L | 4 1 3±7 0 (332-534) | 1219±271 (818-1689) | 377±8.0 (370-390) |
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| a | 1.6±0.2 (1.4-1.9) | 29.8±6.7 (19.2-37.7) | 22.8±3.4 (17.7-28.7) |
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| b | | 18.1±4.0 (14.0-22.0) | 6.5±0.2 (6.1-6.8) |
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| c | - | 136.5±11.7 (121.1-146.3) | 6.9±0.4 (6.1-7.8) |
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| c’ | - | - | 4.8±5.5 (3.7-5.4) |
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| T | - | 5 8-6 0 | - |
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| Greatest body diam. | 258±47 (199-363) | 42±11 (25-52) | 17±3 (13-22) |
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| Body diam. at stylet knobs | - | 17.3±3.1 (15.3-20.8) | - |
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| Body diam. at excretory pore | - | 42.0±38 (37.6-44.9) | - |
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| Body diam. at anus | - | 22.4±2.7 (22.5-26.4) | 11.3±1.5 (9.3-13.5) |
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| Head region height | - | 4.3±1.0 (3.4-6.1) | 2.6±0.4 (2.0-3.2) |
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| Head region diam. | - | 10.7±1.2 (9.1-12.3) | 5.8±0.4 (5.2-6.1) |
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| Neck length | 104.9±23.5 (80.5-138.8) | - | - |
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| Neck diam. | 62.9±8.7 (51.3-63.9) | - | - |
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| Stylet | 13.3±0.4 (12.8-13.8) | 17.9±0.8 (16.3-18.8) | 11.3±1.2 (9.7-12.8) |
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| Stylet cone | - | 11.2±0.4 (10.4-11.6) | - |
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| Stylet knob height | 1.4±0.3 (1.1-1.7) | 2.0±0.3 (1.6-2.6) | 1.1±0.2 (1-1.5) |
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| Stylet knob width | 2.5±0.3 (2.1-2.8) | 3.9±0.3 (3.3-4.3) | 2.0±0.3 (1.5-2.5) |
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| DGO | 4.6±0.5 (4.2-5.5) | 4.4±0.4 (3.7-4.8) | 3.4±0.5 (2.7-4.2) |
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| Ant. end to metacorpus | - | 73.2±3.0 (70.7-76.58) | 58.2±2.4 (54.9-63.7) |
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| Metacorpus length | 30.2±6.7 (22.7-41.0) | 23.6±4.3 (20.6-26.6) | 14.6±1.0 (13.5-17.1) |
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| Metacorpus diam. | 24.9±4.4 (20.2-31.8) | 10.9±1.4 (9.3-12.0) | 8.9±0.1 (8.9-9.3) |
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| Metacorpus valve length | 10.3±1.5 (7.8-12.3) | 6.3±0.6 (5.5-6.9) | 3.9±0.4 (3.6-4.5) |
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| Metacorpus valve width | 7.6±0.9 (6.0-8.5) | 4.0±0.3 (3.5-4.3) | 2.8±0.2 (2.7-3.1) |
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| Ant. end to end of gland lobe | - | 198.9±12.3 (190.2-207.7) | - |
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| Excretory pore-ant. end | 13.1±1.4 (11.6-14.4) | 115.7±31.5 (77.9-160.3) | 72.3±6.2 (64.9-77.9) |
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| Tail length | - | 9.2±1.6 (7.4-11.2) | 54.8±4.3 (52.9-62.6) |
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| Hyaline tail terminus | - | - | 15.9±1.1 (14.0-18.0) |
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| Phasmids from anus | - | 10.8±0.4 (10.5-11.3) | 11.7±1.3 (10.8-12.6) |
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| Spicule | - | 26.4±2.0 (23.1-28.7) | - |
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| Gubernaculum | - | 7.6±0.7 (7.1-8.3) | - |
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| Testis | - | 602.1±36.4 (576.4-627.8) | - |
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| Vulva slit length | 23.8±4.8 (17.0-29.4) | - | - |
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| Vulva-anus | 14.1±2.2 (11.5-15.9) | - | - |
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| Body length/neck length | 4.0±0.6 (3.3-5.4) | - | - |
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| Stylet knob width/height | 1.8±0.5 (1.2-2.4) | 2.0±0.3 (1.3-2.5) | - |
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| Metacorpus length/width | 1.2±0.1 (1.1-1.4) | - | - |
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| (Excretory pore/L) x 100 | - | 10.2±2.0 (8.1-12.1) | 19.1±1.8 (17.3-23.6) |
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