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 6b: Morphometrical (in µm) observations (means, standard deviations and ranges) of second-stage juveniles of 11 Meloidogyne enterolobii populations from South Africa.

Population number (number of specimens studied)
Characteristic	P16	P18	P19	P20	P21	P22	P23	P24	P29	P35	P36
	(n = 8)	(n = 7)	(n = 8)	(n = 7)	(n = 8)	(n = 7)	(n = 7)	(n = 7)	(n = 8)	(n = 8)	(n = 8)
Body length	411 ± 32.1	399 ± 18	393 ± 23.1	432 ± 14.8	441 ± 12.6	422 ± 19.9	438 ± 10.2	424 ± 17.5	387 ± 16.4	406 ± 21.9	402 ± 25.3
a	(368–357) 29 ± 2.6	(362–414) 29 ± 2.4	(373–419) 27 ± 2.7	(415–454) 31 ± 2.5	(422–462) 30 ± 1.7	(402–451) 31 ± 1.2	(422–451) 32 ± 1.3	(389–442) 30 ± 2.2	(363–420) 27 ± 2.1	(379–446) 28 ± 1.2	(372–448) 28 ± 1.7
b	(26–34) 3 ± 0.4	(25–33) 3 ± 0.2	(24–30) 3 ± 0.3	(29–36) 4 ± 0.2	(28–33) 4 ± 0.3	(30–33) 4 ± 0.2	(31–34) 4 ± 0.1	(26–33) 4 ± 0.3	(25–32) 3 ± 0.1	(26–30) 3 ± 0.5	(25–30) 3 ± 0.3
c	(3–4) 8 ± 0.5	(3–4) 8 ± 0.2	(3–4) 8 ± 1.2	(4–5) 9 ± 1.1	(3–4) 8 ± 0.7	(3–4) 8 ± 1	(3–4) 8 ± 0.6	(3–4) 8 ± 0.4	(3–4) 8 ± 1	(2–4) 8 ± 0.4	(3–4) 8 ± 0.1
Stylet length	(7–8) 14 ± 0.6	(8–9) 13 ± 0.6	(7–10) 14 ± 0.6	(8–11) 12 ± 0.9	(7–9) 13 ± 0.6	(6–10) 14 ± 0.4	(8–9) ± 0.6	(8–9) 13 ± 0.5	(7–10) 14 ± 0.5	(8–9) 13 ± 0.5	(7–10) 14 ± 0.8
Opening of dorsal gland	(13–15) 3 ± 0.2	(12–14) 4 ± 0.3	(13–14) 3 ± 0.4	(11–13) 2 ± 0.3	(12–14) 2 ± 0.2	(13–14) 3 ± 0.4	(12–14) 3 ± 0.4	(13–14) 3 ± 0.6	(13–15) 3 ± 0.4	(13–14) 3 ± 0.5	(13–15) 3 ± 0.3
behind stylet knobs Anterior end to median	(2–3) 48 ± 4	(3–4) 46 ± 2.3	(3–4) 50 ± 4	(2–3) 51 ± 1.9	(2–3) 51 ± 3.3	(2–4) 50 ± 4.8	(2–3) 52 ± 2.5	(2–4) 49 ± 2.7	(2–4) 50 ± 2.8	(2–4) 49 ± 3.1	(2–3) 48 ± 3.5
bulb Median bulb length	(42–55) 12 ± 1.1	(43–50) 12 ± 1.1	(44–54) 12 ± 1.4	(48–53) 13 ± 0.7	(47–57) 13 ± 1	(42–54) 12 ± 1	(49–56) 12 ± 0.4	(47–53) 14 ± 1.3	(46–54) 13 ± 1.3	(43–53) 13 ± 2	(43–53) 13 ± 1.1
Median bulb width	(11–14) 8± 0.7	(10–13) 7 ± 0.6	(9–14) 7 ± 0.7	(12–14) 8 ± 0.3	(11–15) 8 ± 0.7	(11–14) 7 ± 0.8	(12–13) 8 ± 0.6	(12–15) 7 ± 0.5	(11–15) 8 ± 0.9	(10–16) 8 ± 1.1	(10–14) 8 ± 0.4
Anterior end to excretory	(7–9) 77 ± 6.1	(6–8) 75 ± 7.5	(6–8) 78 ± 6.6	(7–8) 83 ± 5.7	(7–9) 82 ± 6	(6–8) 85 ± 3.4	(7–8) 82 ± 3.7	(7–8) 80 ± 4.8	(7–10) 78 ± 5.2	(6–10) 80 ± 1.8	(6–8) 80 ± 5.7
pore Anterior end to nerve	(68–88) 64 ± 7.3	(70–87) 61 ± 2.5	(70–87) 66 ± 4.9	(75–89) 70 ± 3.5	(74–90) 70 ± 3.6	(81–89) 70 ± 7.1	(76–87) 70 ± 3.8	(72–85) 66 ± 6.1	(70–87) 66 ± 3.7	(78–83) 67 ± 3.2	(71–87) 64 ± 5.3
ring Basal bulb width	(49–73) 6 ± 0.1	(57–65) 6 ± 0.5	(60–73) 5 ± 0.9	(64–75) 8 ± 0.4	(66–77) 6 ± 1	(62–80) 6 ± 0.8	(66–76) 6 ± 0.9	(55–73) 5 ± 0.6	(63–71) 6 ± 0.5	(61–72) 6 ± 0.3	(58–73) 6 ± 0.4
Pharynx	(5–6) 116 ± 7.1	(5–7) 124 ± 8.1	(4–6) 116 ± 7.4	(8–9) 107 ± 6	(4–8) 113 ± 6.1	(4–7) 114 ± 3.7	(4–7) 116 ± 3.1	(5–6) 120 ± 7.8	(5–7) 122 ± 6.9	(5–6) 122 ± 5.5	(6–7) 115 ± 3.4
Maximum body diameter	(105–123) 14 ± 0.9	(113–133) 14 ± 0.8	(101–124) 15 ± 0.9	(101–119) 14 ± 1.4	(102–123) 15 ± 0.7	(109–119) 14 ± 0.6	(111–120) 14 ± 0.7	(108–131) 14 ± 0.6	(106–129) 14 ± 0.6	(114–132) 15 ± 0.6	(111–120) 14 ± 0.6
Tail length	(13–16) 52 ± 5.1	(13–15) 49 ± 2.9	(13–16) 48 ± 5.1	(11–16) 48 ± 4.5	(14–16) 58 ± 5.2	(13–14) 55 ± 6.8	(12–14) 53 ± 3.4	(13–15) 50 ± 2.3	(13–15) 49 ± 5.2	(14–15) 49 ± 3.4	(13–15) 48 ± 4.5
	(44–58)	(45–52)	(39–54)	(42–55)	(47–66)	(46–68)	(47–56)	(47–53)	(39–56)	(46–54)	(41–48)