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 5. Morphometrical (in µm) observations (means, standard deviations and ranges) of males of five Meloidogyne enterolobii populations from South Africa.

Population number (number of specimens studied)
Characteristic	P5	P7	P16	P22	P29
	(n = 2)	(n = 3)	(n = 3)	(n = 4)	(n = 7)
Body length	1147	1566 ± 79.9	1274 ± 213	1428 ± 173	1583 ± 142
	(1010, 1284)	(1491–1650)	(1137–1520)	(1200–1617)	(1402–1837)
a	48	56 ± 4	50 ± 9.8	46 ± 5.74	54 ± 5.7
	(41, 54)	(52–60)	(39–58)	(42–54)	(42–59)
b	7	6 ± 0.2	7 ± 1.6	7 ± 0.5	6 ± 0.6
	(6, 7)	(5–7)	(6–9)	(6–7)	(5–7)
c	88	109 ± 3.6	105 ± 15.2	100 ± 13.9	119 ± 16
	(82, 94)	(105–113)	(94–116)	(88–118)	(102–148)
Stylet length	21	23 ± 1.1	21 ± 0.9	21 ± 1.1	24 ± 1
	(20, 22)	(22–24)	(20–22)	(20–22)	(23–26)
Stylet knob width/height	2	2 ± 0.2	2 ± 0.2	2 ± 0.1	2 ± 0.2
	(1, 2)	(1–2)	(1–2)	(1–2)	(1–2)
Stylet knob height	3	3 ± 0.3	2 ± 0.1	3 ± 0.3	3 ± 0.4
	(2, 3)	(2–3)	(2–3)	(2–3)	(2–4)
Stylet knob width	5	5 ± 0.3	4 ± 0.2	4 ± 0.2	6 ± 0.5
	(4.8, 4.9)	(4–5)	(4–5)	(4–5)	(5–6)
Opening of dorsal gland behind	5	5 ± 0.8	5 ± 0.7	5 ± 0.8	4 ± 0.9
stylet knobs	(3, 6)	(4–6)	(4–6)	(4–6)	(4–6)
Anterior end to excretory pore	130	178 ± 6.9	142 ± 7.3	140 ± 18.4	162 ± 9.9
	(124, 136)	(171–185)	(136–150)	(113–152)	(149–175)
Anterior end to nerve ring	91	111 ± 4.3	102 ± 10.8	106 ± 10.9	120 ± 8.7
	(84, 99)	(108–116)	(90–111)	(91–117)	(108–133)
Pharynx length	174	255 ± 10.3	185 ± 13.2	213 ± 24.9	244 ± 13.8
	(157, 190)	(246–266)	(172–198)	(177–233)	(224–261)
Maximum body diameter	24	28 ± 0.6	26 ± 3.6	31 ± 2.5	29 ± 2.2
	(23, 24)	(27–29)	(22–29)	(29–34)	(27–33)
Tail length	13	14 ± 1.1	13 ± 0.5	14 ± 1.5	13 ± 1
	(12, 14)	(13–15)	(12–13)	(14–17)	(12–14)
Testis length	644	719 ± 27.9	684 ± 96.4	756 ± 125	917 ± 104
	(515, 774)	(687–739)	(608–793)	(650–939)	(813–1072)
Spicule length	28	27 ± 1.6	27 ± 0.5	30 ± 2.5	30 ± 1.9
	(27, 29)	(26–29)	(26–28)	(27–32)	(28–33)
Gubernaculum length	8	7 ± 0.8	8 ± 1.2	8 ± 1.1	8 ± 1.2
	(7, 8)	(6–8)	(7–9)	(7–9)	(6–10)
Excretory pore/body length × 100	11	11 ± 0.5	11 ± 2.2	10 ± 0.5	10 ± 0.7
	(11, 12)	(11–12)	(9–13)	(9–10)	(9–11)