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 2. Morphometrics of infective second-stage juveniles of Meloidogyne minor, M. fallax, M. incognita, M. javanica, M. naasi, and M. tripholiophila (µm) from New Zealand.| Characters | M. minor n=13 | M. fallax n=12 | M. incognita n=12 | M. javanica n=12 | M. naasi n=17 | M. trifoliophila n=14 |
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| Body length | 377±8.0 (370-390) | 342±7.3 (328-350) | 394±16.0 (358-412) | 404±18.7 (358-426) | 429±16.1 (397-467) | 413±20.9 (378-461) |
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| Body width | 16.9±2.6 (13.1-21.6) | 12.8±0.5 (12.1-13.3) | 13.9±0.8 (12.8-15.1) | 14.1±0.6 (12.7-15.1) | 15.9±0.7 (14.4-17.3) | 14.8±1.2 (12.6-16.3) |
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| Stylet length | 11.3±1.2 (9.7-12.8) | 9.8±0.5 (9.0-10.5) | 10.9±0.3 (10.5-11.2) | 11.1±0.5 (10.0-11.7) | 11.7±0.6 (10.8-12.4) | 10.9±0.6 (10.1-11.9) |
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| Esophagus length | 58.2±2.4 (54.9-63.7) | 54.8±2.9 (50-58) | 60.4±3.1 (54-65) | 60.5±4.6 (51-65) | 60.2±3.9 (54-67) | 58.4±5.6 (51-71) |
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| Tail length | 54.8±4.3 (52.9-62.6) | 41.9±2.5 (38-46) | 52.1±3.1 (45-56) | 53.4±4.7 (51-61) | 68.2±8.0 (55-78) | 63.2±5.2 (59-79) |
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| Tail width | 11.3±1.5 (9.3-13.5) | 9.5±0.5 (9.0-10.1) | 9.5±0.8 (8.8-10.8) | 9.3±0.8 (8.1-10.2) | 10.5±1.2 (7.7-12.4) | 10.7±1.9 (9.2-11.7) |
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| Hyaline tail length | 15.9±1.1 (14.0-18.0) | 13.5±1.6 (11.2-15.1) | 12.9±1.3 (10.9-15.4) | 15.5±1.5 (12.1-17.3) | 24.7±2.6 (19.6-29.8) | 20.8±2.0 (18.6-26.2) |
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| a | 22.8±3.4 (17.7-28.7) | 26.8±1.3 (24.6-29.2) | 28.4±1.8 (25.5-31.2) | 28.7±1.8 24.7-31.8 | 27.1±1.9 (24.2-30.7) | 28.1±3.0 (23.2-33.9) |
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| b | 6.5±0.2 (6.1-6.8) | 6.3±0.3 (5.7-6.7) | 6.5±0.4 (5.9-7.6) | 6.7±0.3 (6.3-7.0) | 7.2±0.5 (6.5-8.0) | 7.1±0.6 (6.1-8.2) |
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| c | 6.9±0.4 (6.1-7.8) | 8.2±0.4 (7.5-8.9) | 7.6±0.6 (6.9-8.9) | 7.7±0.7 (6.3-8.8) | 6.4±0.8 (5.6-8.0) | 6.6±0.4 (5.9-7.2) |
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| c’ | 4.8±5.5 (3.7-5.4) | 4.4±0.3 (4.0-4.9) | 5.5±0.6 (4.6-6.4) | 5.7±0.5 (4.9-6.7) | 6.5±0.6 (5.3-7.7) | 6.1±1.1 (4.0-7.1) |
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| Excretory pore-ant. end | 72.3±6.2 (65-78) | 67±2.7 (61-72) | 77.1±2.9 (71-80) | 78.1±5.3 (75-88) | - | 70.1±4.6 (62-73) |
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