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 7. Morphometrical (in µm) observations (means, standard deviations and ranges) of second-stage juveniles of a Meloidogyne hapla population from South Africa.

Characteristic	Population 9
	(n = 10)
Body length	353 ± 20.8
a	(314–373) 26 ± 0.9
	(25–28)
b	3.4 ± 0.2
c	(3–4) 7.2 ± 0.8
Stylet length	(6–9) 13 ± 0.2
	(12–13)
Opening of dorsal gland behind stylet knobs	2 ± 0.2
	(2–3)
Anterior end to median bulb	38 ± 4.7
Median bulb length	(33–45) 10 ± 2.1
Median bulb width	(8–13) 6 ± 0.4
Anterior end to excretory pore	(6–7) 69 ± 0.7
Anterior end to nerve ring	(67–70) 56 ± 2.1
Basal bulb width	(53–59) 5 ± 0.3
	(5–6)
Pharynx	102 ± 4.3
Maximum body diameter	(97–110) 13 ± 0.4
Tail length	(12–14) 50 ± 5.8
	(43–57)