Morphological and morphometrical identification of Meloidogyne populations from various crop production areas in South Africa with emphasis on M. enterolobii Author Rashidifard, Milad Author Fourie, Hendrika Author Daneel, Mieke Stefanie Author Marais, Mariette text Zootaxa 2019 2019-08-22 4658 2 251 274 journal article 25937 10.11646/zootaxa.4658.2.3 6c4ff371-ec38-493c-83b1-6edddccf9f52 1175-5326 3375820 9AA35B64-5307-4438-9C5C-BD01ACA4FFFB

TABLE 8. Morphometrical (in µm) observations (means, standard deviations and ranges) of males of five Meloidogyne incognita and two Meloidogyne javanica populations from South Africa

Characteristic	M. incognita	M. incognita	M. incognita	M. incognita	M. incognita	M. javanica	M. javanica
	P25	P26	P32	P33	P34	P12	P14
	(n = 5)	(n = 6)	(n = 6)	(n = 3)	(n = 5)	(n = 2)	(n = 3)
Body length	1488 ± 152	1764 ± 244	1324 ± 114	1497 ± 87.7	1548 ± 177	1243	1306 ± 119
	(1245–1596)	(1531–2073)	(1199–1476)	(1402–1574)	(1270–1719)	(1030, 1455)	(1175–1409)
a	51 ± 8.4	63 ± 8.1	52 ± 4.9	59 ± 8.9	51 ± 6.5	44	41 ± 3
	(40–58)	(51–75)	(44–58)	(51–69)	(45–62)	(38, 50)	(37–43)
b	6 ± 1	8 ± 0.8	7 ± 2.1	8 ± 0.4	9 ± 1.8	7	7± 0.1
	(5–7)	(7–9)	(6–11)	(7–8)	(6–11)	(6, 7)	(6–7)
c	109 ± 16.6	133 ± 16.6	109 ± 7.8	112 ± 22.2	102 ± 6.5	93	90 ± 6.7
	(88–132)	(110–161)	(96–117)	(97–128)	(93–109)	(84, 102)	(84–97)
Stylet length	23 ± 0.7	24 ± 0.9	24 ± 1	23 ± 0.2	24 ± 1.2	22	22 ± 0.8
	(22–24)	(23–26)	(22–25)	(22–23)	(23–26)	(21,23)	(21–23)
Stylet knob width/height	2 ± 0.2	2 ± 0.3	2 ± 0.1	2 ± 0.2	2 ± 0.4	2	2 ± 0.2
	(1–2)	(1–2)	(1–2)	(1–2)	(2–3)	(2, 2)	(1–2)
Stylet knob height	2 ± 0.4	3 ± 0.5	3 ± 0.4	3 ± 0.6	3 ± 0.3	2	3 ± 0.4
	(2–3)	(2–4)	(2–4)	(3–4)	(2–3)	(2, 3)	(2–3)
Stylet knob width	4 ± 0.3	6 ± 0.4	5 ± 0.6	5 ± 0.4	5 ± 0.5	4	5 ± 0.4
	(4–5)	(5–6)	(5–6)	(4–5)	(4–6)	(4, 5)	(5–6)
Opening of dorsal gland behind stylet knobs	5 ± 0.9	6 ± 1	4 ± 1.3	4 ± 0.7	3 ± 0.4	5	4 ± 0.2
	(4–6)	(4–7)	(3–6)	(3–4)	(3–4)	(4, 5)	(3–4)
Anterior end to excretory pore	167 ± 10	152 ± 11.8	136 ± 8.5	155 ± 6.2	132 ± 16.5	144	151 ± 27.4
	(160–184)	(133–168)	(122–146)	(151–162)	(115–155)	(112, 177)	(125–179)
Anterior end to nerve ring	108 ± 4.6	111 ± 5	106 ± 10.3	111 ± 4.1	99 ± 12.4	98	110 ± 17.4
	(102–113)	(106–119)	(88–119)	(106–114)	(85–115)	(85, 111)	(95–129)
Pharynx length	241 ± 25.1	225 ± 21.7	187 ± 32.5	191 ± 18.8	183 ± 25.2	181	188 ± 15.2
	(220–278)	(199–258)	(130–213)	(183–200)	(150–211)	(145, 217)	(171–200)
Maximum body diameter	30 ± 3.6	28 ± 2.3	25 ± 1.6	26 ± 4.8	30 ± 3.6	28	32 ± 4
	(27–36)	(25–31)	(24–27)	(20–30)	(25–33)	(27, 29)	(28–35)
Tail length	14 ± 1.1	13 ± 1.1	12 ± 0.8	13 ± 1.6	14 ± 1.1	13	14 ± 0.4
	(12–15)	(12–15)	(11–13)	(12–14)	(13–15)	(12, 14)	(14–15)
Testis length	831 ± 130	831 ± 76.3	714 ± 91.3	751 ± 121	732 ± 126	626	668 ± 151
	(675–946)	(682–887)	(580–847)	(612–834)	(575–876)	(462, 790)	(528–829)
Spicule length	28 ± 1.6	31 ± 2.3	30 ± 2.2	32 ± 0.9	26 ± 2.2	26	27 ± 2.8
	(27–30)	(28–34)	(28–33)	(32–33)	(24–29)	(25,26)	(26–30)
Gubernaculum length	9 ± 0.7	8 ± 0.7	8 ± 1.1	9 ± 0.5	7 ± 1	8	8 ± 0.9
	(8–9)	(8–9)	(7–9)	(8–9)	(6–8)	(7,8)	(7–8)
Excretory pore/body length × 100	11 ± 1.3	9 ± 0.7	10 ± 0.7	10 ± 1.1	9 ± 1.9	11	11 ± 1.1
	(10–13)	(8–9)	(9–11)	(10–12)	(7–11)	(11,12)	(11–13)