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 6a. Morphometrical (in µm) observations (means, standard deviations and ranges) of second-stage juveniles of 12 Meloidogyne enterolobii populations from South Africa.

Population number (number of specimens studied)
Characteristic	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	P6	P7	P8	P9	P10	P12	P13
	(n = 8)	(n = 7)	(n = 8)	(n = 7)	(n = 8)	(n = 7)	(n = 8)	(n = 8)	(n = 8)	(n = 7)	(n = 7)	(n = 7)
Body length	409 ± 21.5	418 ± 23.8	426 ± 35	386 ± 18.5	414 ± 10.7	403 ± 6.6	427 ± 17	438 ± 16.9	404 ± 22.7	393 ± 28.3	411 ± 19.1	425 ± 36.5
a	(363–425) 27 ± 1.9	(386–449) 29 ± 2.6	(352–460) 28 ± 2.5	(354–409) 26 ± 1.7	(404–436) 28 ± 0.9	(397–416) 28 ± 1.2	(410–454) 29 ± 1	(399–457) 31 ± 2.1	(375–428) 27 ± 2.8	(365–450) 26 ± 2.7	(385–435) 26 ± 2.9	(374–459) 30 ± 1.9
b	(24–29) 4 ± 0.3	(26–33) 4 ± 0.1	(23–31) 4 ± 0.6	(24–29) 3 ± 0.2	(27–29) 4 ± 0.2	(25–29) 3 ± 0.1	(27–29) 4 ± 0.1	(27–33) 4 ± 0.2	(21–30) 3 ± 0.2	(22–35) 3 ± 0.3	(21–30) 3 ± 0.1	(27–32) 4 ± 0.2
c	(4–5) 7 ± 0.4	(3–4) 8 ± 0.7	(3–5) 8 ± 1	(3–4) 9 ± 0.8	(3.5–4) 9 ± 0.5	(3–4) 8 ± 0.7	(3–4) 8 ± 0.6	(3–4) 9 ± 1.1	(3–4) 8 ± 0.5	(3–4) 8 ± 0.4	(3–4) 9 ± 1.6	(3–4) 9 ± 0.6
Stylet length	(7–8) 12 ± 1	(8–10) 13 ± 0.6	(7–10) 13 ± 0.8	(8–11) 13 ± 0.9	(8–10) 14 ± 0.6	(7–9) 13 ± 0.8	(7–9) 13 ± 0.7	(8–10) 14 ± 0.9	(7–8) 13 ± 0.5	(7–8) 13 ± 1.1	(7–11) 12 ± 0.9	(8–9) 13 ± 0.6
Opening of dorsal gland	(11–14) 3 ± 0.5	(12–14) 3 ± 0.3	(12–15) 3 ± 0.4	(11–14) 3 ± 0.3	(13–15) 3 ± 0.5	(11–14) 3 ± 0.3	(12–14) 3 ± 0.5	(12–15) 4 ± 0.2	(12–14) 3 ± 0.1	(11–14) 3 ± 0.4	(11–13) 3 ± 0.3	(13–14) 3 ± 0.4
behind stylet knobs Anterior end to median	(2–4) 53 ± 4.3	(2–3) 53 ± 3.8	(2–3) 48 ± 4.6	(2–3) 49 ± 3.3	(2–4) 49 ± 2.4	(3–4) 47 ± 3.7	(2–4) 50 ± 3.2	(3–4) 49 ± 2.7	(3–4) 47 ± 4.9	(3–4) 48 ± 3.1	(3–4) 47 ± 4	(3–4) 51 ± 3.2
bulb Median bulb length	(47–58) 12 ± 1	(47–57) 12 ± 1	(42–54) 12 ± 0.9	(44–53) 12 ± 2.0	(45–52) 13 ± 1.3	(43–53) 11 ± 1.4	(47–55) 13 ± 0.6	(46–52) 13 ± 1.2	(40–56) 10 ± 1.1	(44–52) 11 ± 1.6	(41–52) 13 ± 1.2	(44–54) 13 ± 0.6
Median bulb width	(11–14) 8 ± 0.6	(10–13) 8 ± 0.8	(11–14) 7 ± 0.7	(9–15) 8 ± 0.3	(11–15) 8 ± 0.4	(9.5–13) 7 ± 0.8	(12–14) 8 ± 0.7	(11–14) 8 ± 0.4	(9–12) 7 ± 1	(9–13) 7 ± 0.5	(13–15) 8 ± 1.5	(12–13) 8 ± 0.7
Anterior end to excre-	(7–9) 73 ± 5.3	(6–8) 88 ± 5	(5–8) 78 ± 9.2	(7–9) 79 ± 1.4	(7–8) 81 ± 4.1	(6–8) 76 ± 3.6	(7–9) 80 ± 6.1	(7–8) 84 ± 3.7	(6–10) 79 ± 5.6	(7–8) 78 ± 4.7	(7–11) 83 ± 8.2	(7–9) 84 ± 7.3
tory pore Anterior end to nerve	(62–80) 65 ± 3.3	(82–96) 68 ± 2.9	(71–91) 66 ± 5.3	(78–82) 61 ± 4.9	(76–90) 65 ± 4.4	(69–80) 62 ± 3.8	(73–90) 67 ± 4.2	(79–89) 68 ± 2.1	(70–86) 61 ± 5.1	(72–86) 62 ± 3.9	(74–96) 63 ± 7.2	(75–95) 68 ± 5
ring Pharynx	(60–70) 90 ± 6.5	(63–72) 115 ± 3.8	(59–75) 104 ± 9.9	(55–67) 114 ± 6.2	(58–71) 110 ± 3.9	(56–66) 114 ± 3	(63–74) 116 ± 5	(64–70) 122 ± 3.7	(55–70) 116 ± 5.2	58–69) 113 ± 2.6	(53–72) 119± 2.2	(58–74) 118 ± 5.7
Basal bulb width	(78–96) 7 ± 0.5	(109–120) 6 ± 0.5	(93–115) 5 ± 1.6	(106–121) 6 ± 0.3	(106–116) 5 ± 0.5	(110–118) 6 ± 0.5	(109–123) 6 ± 0.4	(116–127) 6 ± 0.4	(106–121) 6 ± 0.7	(110–117) 6 ± 0.4	(115–122) 7± 1.1	(110–126) 6 ± 0.2
Maximum body diam-	(7–8) 15 ± 0.8	(5–6) 14 ± 1	(4–7) 15 ± 0.8	(5–6) 15 ± 0.9	(4–6) 15 ± 0.4	(6–7) 15 ± 0.7	(5–6) 15 ± 0.6	(6–7) 14 ± 0.5	(5–7) 15 ± 1.4	(5–6) 15 ± 0.7	(6–8) 16 ± 1.6	(6–7) 14 ± 0.8
eter Tail length	(14–17) 54 ± 3.6	(13–15) 50 ± 6.4	(14–16) 50 ± 4.5	(13–16) 43 ± 4.5	(15–16) 48 ± 3.2	(14–16) 50 ± 5	(14–16) 52 ± 4.4	(14–15) 50 ± 6.1	(13–18) 53 ± 4.7	(14–16) 51 ± 2.2	(14–18) 48 ± 6.8	(13–15) 49 ± 4
	(50–60)	(42–59)	(44–57)	(37–48)	(43–52)	(43–56)	(45–57)	(42–55)	(45–60)	(48–55)	(38–55)	(43–54)