First report of two Mesocriconema (Nematoda: Criconematidae) species in mulberry trees in Costa Rica

Soil samples were collected from the rhizosphere of mulberry (Morus alba L.) trees, in a 1,000 m2 plot, at the Experimental Farm Santa Lucia, in Barva, Heredia, Costa Rica, in August 2013. The plants showed symptoms of yellowing, declining and poor development. Specimens of two ring nematode were co...

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Autor: Peraza-Padilla, Walter
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG)
Repositorio:Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical (Online)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistas.ufg.br:article/27415
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ufg.br/pat/article/view/27415
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Mesocriconema sphaerocephalum (Taylor 1936) Loof 1989
Mesocriconema anastomoides (Maqbool & Shahina 1985) Loof & De Grisse 1989
morphometry
ring nematodes.
Costa Rica
ring nematodes
white mulberry
morfometria
nematoides anelados.
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Sumario:Soil samples were collected from the rhizosphere of mulberry (Morus alba L.) trees, in a 1,000 m2 plot, at the Experimental Farm Santa Lucia, in Barva, Heredia, Costa Rica, in August 2013. The plants showed symptoms of yellowing, declining and poor development. Specimens of two ring nematode were collected from the soil and identified as Mesocriconema sphaerocephalum (Taylor 1936) Loof 1989 and M. anastomoides (Maqbool & Shahina 1985) Loof & De Grisse 1989, based on the morphological and morphometrical analysis of females. Both nematodes have been previously found in Costa Rica. However, this is the first report of nematodes from the Criconematidae family associated to mulberry trees and it provides additional information on the distribution of this phytoparasite.