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 4. Perineal-pattern morphological and morphometrical (in µm) data (means, standard deviations and ranges) of Meloidogyne spp. females obtained from 37 localities in South Africa during 2015 and 2016.

Population	Identification using peri-	Vulval slit	Vulva-anus	Anus-phasmid	Interphasmidial	Phasmid
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no.	neal-pattern morphology	length	distance	distance	distance	diameter
P1	M. enterolobii	28 ± 1.9	20 ± 2.3	16 ± 2.8	27 ± 5.8	2 ± 0.4
P2	(n = 20) M. enterolobii	(26–33) 27 ± 3.1	(16–24) 23 ± 1.9	(11–23) 17 ± 2	(21–36) 29 ± 4.3	(2–3) 2 ± 0.3
P3	(n = 19) M. enterolobii	(21–33) 26 ± 2.6	(19–28) 25 ± 3.6	(12–19) 15 ± 0.8	(23–35) 25 ± 3.1	(2–3) 2 ± 0.2
	(n = 13)	(21–30)	(21–31)	(14–16)	(23–30)	(2–2.5)
P4	M. enterolobii	27 ± 2	23 ± 3.9	17 ± 2.9	28 ± 2.6	3 ± 0.05
	(n = 16)	(23–30)	(16–35)	(12–22)	(24–32)	(2–3)
P5	M. enterolobii	27 ± 3	24 ± 5.3	15 ± 3	27 ± 2.4	2 ± 0.2
P6	(n = 14) M. enterolobii	(20–33) 29 ± 2.4	(15–34) 27 ± 5.2	(10–18) 16 ± 1.4	(24–30) 27 ± 3.1	(2–3) 2 ± 0.1
	(n = 9)	(25–32)	(20–35)	(14–18)	(22–32)	(2–3)
P7	M. enterolobii	27 ± 2.8	22 ± 3.2	15 ± 2.1	28 ± 1.4	2 ± 0.2
	(n = 16)	(22–33)	(15–27)	(12–21)	(25–30)	(2–3)
P8	M. enterolobii	24 ± 5.2	21 ± 5.8	14 ± 3.7	26 ± 1.5	3 ± 0.2
P9	(n = 18) M. enterolobii	(16–33) 28 ± 2.7	(13–30) 20 ± 2.3	(11–24) 17 ± 2.1	(23–28) 26 ± 2.2	(2–3) 2 ± 0.2
P10	(n = 8) M. enterolobii	(23–31) 26 ± 2.1	(16–23) 26 ± 8.6	(14–19) 16 ± 4	(23–30) 24 ± 2.4	(2–3) 3 ± 0.4
	(n = 17)	(22–30)	(18–45)	(10–24)	(20–28)	(2–3)
P12	M. enterolobii	25 ± 4.3	21 ± 8.1	15 ± 1.6	24 ± 3	2 ± 0.2
P13	(n = 8) M. enterolobii	(18–30) 26 ± 2.6	(16–37) 25 ± 4.2	(13–18) 16 ± 3.2	(21–27) 26 ± 3.2	(2–3) 3 ± 0.2
P16	(n = 10) M. enterolobii	(22–30) 28 ± 1.9	(20–32) 22 ± 4.6	(10–22) 18 ± 3.3	(22–31) 28 ± 2.3	(2–3) 2 ± 0.2
	(n = 13)	(22–31)	(19–37)	(13–24)	(22–32)	(2–3)
P18	M. enterolobii	25 ± 1.2	22 ± 3.7	15 ± 2.7	27 ± 2.9	3 ± 0.2
	(n = 10)	(24–28)	(18–32)	(11–20)	(24–31)	(2–3)
P19	M. enterolobii	27 ± 2.4	21 ± 4.2	15 ± 2.3	22 ± 0.6	2 ± 0.2
P20	(n = 18) M. enterolobii	(23–31) 26 ± 4.1	(16–33) 22 ± 3.8	(13–19) 15 ± 1.6	(22–24) 22 ± 5.4	(2–3) 2 ± 0.1
	(n = 17)	(17–33)	(16–30)	(12–17)	(15–32)	(2–3)