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Trichodorus

Trichodorus is a genus of terrestrial root feeding (stubby-root) nematodes in the Trichodoridae family (trichorids), being one of five genera. They are economically important plant parasites and virus vectors.

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Trichodorus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Enoplea
Order: Triplonchida
Family: Trichodoridae
Genus: Trichodorus
Cobb, 19131
Type species
Trichodorus primitivus
(de Man, 1876) Micol. 1922.
Species

54

  • Trichodorus obtusus
  • Trichodorus primitivus
  • ...
Synonyms

Dorylaimus primitivus
de Man, 1876

Trichodorus is a genus of terrestrial root feeding (stubby-root) nematodes in the Trichodoridae family (trichorids), being one of five genera.2 They are economically important plant parasites and virus vectors.3

Taxonomy

As originally described by Cobb in 1913, Trichodorus was the only genus in its family. However, in 1974 the genus was split into two genera in 1974 by Siddiqi,4 Trichodorus and Paratrichodorus.

The genus, which is the largest in the family consists of 54 species.5 The females are didelphic (two genital tracts), and are distributed worldwide.

Plant pathology

Trichorids became of interest in 1951.6 At that time Trichodorus christie (=Paratrichodorus minor) was recognised as a pest of crops in Florida.7

References

References

  1. Cobb, N. A. (1913). "New nematode genera found inhabiting fresh water and non-brackish soils". J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 3: 432–444.
  2. Order Triplochida: Paratrichodorus Nemaplex: Nematode-Plant Expert Information System. University of California, Davis. Version October 9, 2012.
  3. Decraemer 1995.
  4. SIDDIQI M.R. (1974). Systematics of the genus Trichodorus Cobb, 1913 (Nematoda: Dorylaimida), with descriptions of three new species. Nematologica, 19 : 259-278.
  5. Decraemer, W; Robbins, RT (2007). "The who, what and where of longidoridae and trichodoridae". J Nematol. 39 (4): 295–7. PMC 2586508. PMID 19259501.
  6. CHRISTIE, J. R. & PERRY, V. G. (1951). Removing nematodes from soil. Proc. helm. Soc. Wasb. 18: 106-108.
  7. Decraemer 1995, p. 3.
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